FRISCO, Colo.—A community in Illinois is in mourning a day after two local teens were killed while sledding at a Colorado ski resort.
Paula Crane, superintendent of the Prairie Central school district in Fairbury, confirmed Monday that two students from Prairie Central High School died in a “tragic accident.”
She declined to identity them out of respect for their families. A local church will be offering counseling for any students or staff.
The two students, ages 18 and 17, had been on spring break.
The young men were riding in tandem down the halfpipe at Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Summit County when they launched off a large snowbank at the bottom, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office….