DECEMBER 4, 2023, UPDATE:
UNDATED (AP)- Sheriff’s officials have identified a 19-year-old man killed over the weekend in a landslide at the falls areas in Minnesota’s Minneopa State Park. The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says the victim was 19-year-old Jack Robert Loso, of Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Investigators say Loso was visiting the park on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 2, 2023) with his family when he died. Emergency workers called to the scene recovered Loso’s body. Officials say the accident remains under investigation. Minneopa State Park is one of Minnesota’s oldest state parks, and contains waterfalls and a bison herd, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
DECEMBER 4, 2023:
UNDATED (AP)- A 19-year-old man became trapped and died as a result of a landslide at a state park in southern Minnesota.
The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office received a call Saturday afternoon (Dec. 2, 2023) of a landslide trapping someone under collapsed earth at the falls area of Minneopa State Park, near Mankato.
Emergency workers recovered the man, whom they found dead. The sheriff’s office, which called the death accidental in a press release, is investigating.
Minneopa State Park is one of Minnesota’s oldest state parks, and contains waterfalls and a bison herd, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
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