Wednesday 2 October 2013

5 killed, 1 injured in rockslide on Colorado trail

foxnews.com - Rescuers will resume their effort Tuesday to retrieve the bodies of five hikers who were killed after becoming trapped by a rock slide on a trail in south-central Colorado Monday.The slide demolished a popular beginners trail below one of Colorado's most photographed mountains, causing so much destruction that rescuers had to wait a day to recover the victims' bodies.The Monday morning slide sent 100-ton boulders onto a viewing area to see Agnes Vaille falls in Chalk Creek Canyon below Mount Princeton, a 14,197-foot peak.

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