Sheriff's Office: CU Student Purposely Jumped Into Abandoned Mine

Boulder CO

28 September, 2021

1:19 PM

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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. 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. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.