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Two teens die when sled flies off half pipe and slams into ice, Colorado officials say

A young man and a teenager on vacation at a ski resort in Colorado are dead after a sledding accident, officials said.

The victims, ages 17 and 18, were from Illinois and spending their spring break at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Deputies with the sheriff’s office responded to a call about a sled crash at the resort at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19.

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.

While an official cause of death will be determined by the coroner’s office, the sheriff’s office said the victims suffered blunt force trauma from the crash.

Sitting between the popular resort towns of Vail and Breckenridge, Copper Mountain is 79 miles west of downtown Denver.

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