Grand County EMS rescues teen after 40-foot fall


by Gephardt Daily

Gephardt Daily— GRAND COUNTY, Utah, April 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Medical crews were called to the scene Sunday afternoon after a teenage rappeler took a significant fall. Crews were dispatched at 1:06 p.m. to an incident on Potash Road, west of Moab. An alert device was activated “for a 17-year-old male who experienced a fall from […] The post Grand County EMS rescues teen after 40-foot fall first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

KDVR—Rescue underway after teen falls into abandoned missile silo. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said a rescue operation was underway for a teen that fell into an abandoned missile silo near Deer Trail around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

KKTV—Rescue operation underway after teen falls into abandoned missile silo in eastern Colorado. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says the boy plummeted about 30 feet and is seriously injured.

CBS News—Colorado teen falls 30 feet into missile silo. Rescue efforts underway. Several Colorado teens have been rescued from an abandoned missile silo early Sunday morning but rescue efforts are still ongoing for one who remains inside.That teen is seriously injured, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, and now responders from several agencies are at the silo near 82000 E. County Road 22. That silo is near the town of Deer Trail, about 50 miles east of Denver.The sheriff's office says the teens fell into that silo around 3:30 a.m. and all but one of them were...