Tragic Sledding Accident Claims Lives of Two Illinois Teens at Copper Mountain Resort.
TL;DR
Two Illinois teenagers, Dylan Bazzell and Drew Fehr, died in a sledding accident at Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado. The 17 and 18-year-old students were visiting the resort on Spring Break when they rode tandem down the halfpipe and launched off a large snowbank at the bottom, making a hard landing on ice below, causing blunt force trauma. Despite immediate medical attention, they could not be revived and were pronounced dead on the scene. The Summit County Coroner's Office will investigate the cause and manner of death.
- Prairie Central High School students from Illinois who died in Copper Mountain sledding accident ID'd as Dylan Bazzell, Drew Fehr WLS-TV
- 2 Illinois teens on spring break killed in a sledding accident at Colorado's Copper Mountain CNN
- 2 Illinois teens killed in sledding accident at Colorado ski area 9NEWS
- Pair of spring vacationers die sledding halfpipe at Copper Mountain Resort on Sunday night Glenwood Springs Post Independent
- 2 teens killed in sledding accident on halfpipe at Copper Mountain Ski Resort CBS Colorado
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