Two boys, ages 17 and 18, both killed after tandem sled goes airborne out of halfpipe at Copper Mountain ski resort in Summit County, Colorado
2 Illinois teens on spring break killed in a sledding accident at Colorado’s Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain Resort, which is near Breckenridge and is about 75 miles west of Denver, said in a statement that the halfpipe was closed and roped off at the time of the accident. Lift and trail access closes at 4 p.m., officials said.
Two teens die when sled flies off half pipe and slams into ice, Colorado officials say
The victims got on a sled together, rode it down a half-pipe, launched off a snowbank at the bottom and came crashing down on ice below, the sheriff’s office said. Despite life-saving efforts by first responders, both victims died.
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