Crime & Safety
Sheriff's Office: CU Student Purposely Jumped Into Abandoned Mine
Searchers found the 19-year-old man 45 feet below the mine's entrance on Sept. 25; he was not hurt.
By Danielle Chavira, CBS Denver:
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says a 19-year-old man purposely jumped into an abandoned mine. First responders rushed to the Switzerland Trail at around midnight on Sept. 25 after the man’s friends called 911.
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Searchers found him 45 feet below the mine’s entrance. The man was not hurt.
Sheriff’s deputies say the man is a student at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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