Boston Herald - Boston Herald: Authorities: 5 hikers trapped by Colo. rock slide

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Authorities: 5 hikers trapped by Colo. rock slide Sep 30th 2013, 22:05, by By Associated Press, Associated Press SALIDA, Colo. — Five hikers were trapped by a rock slide on a trail in south-central Colorado on Monday, and another was pulled out with injuries and flown to a hospital, authorities said. A seventh person was unaccounted for, the Chaffee (CHAY'-fee) County Sheriff's Department said. The slide occurred at about 11 a.m. on the trail to Agnes Vaille (VAYL) falls in the Pike and San Isabel National Forest, an easy day hike about a 2 1/2 hour drive southwest of Denver. Media files: Colorado State Patrol Trooper Brandon Wilkins tells a driver Monday Sept. 30, 2013, that the road is closed to all non-emergency traffic while emergency response and law enforcement agencies deal with a rock slide at Agnes Vaille Falls. Authorities say five hikers have been trapped by a rock slide on the trail in south-central Colorado, and another has been pulled out and flown to a hospital. (AP Photo/The Mountain Mail, James Redmond) (image/jpeg) A Flight for Life Helicopter rises above backed up traffic Monday Sept. 30, 2013, in south-central Colorado. Roads were closed as emergency personnel work to aid hikers trapped after a rock slide on the trail to Agnes Vaille Falls. (AP Photo/The Mountain Mail, James Redmond) (image/jpeg)

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