The boys, reportedly identified by their school district as Dylan Bazzell and Drew Fehr, were aboard a plastic sled after-hours at a ski resort when the accident happened Sunday night
Two teenage boys from Illinois are dead following a tandem sledding accident near Breckenridge, Colorado over the weekend.
Authorities responded to the scene at Copper Mountain ski resort shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, and found the 17-year-old and 18-year-old unresponsive, stated the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
The teenagers, who were on spring break vacation, were aboard the sled when it “launched off a large snowbank” at the bottom of the half pipe, the sheriff’s office said.
“The two individuals came down hard on the hard ice below, causing blunt force trauma,” the agency added on Facebook.
A spokeswoman for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for additional information regarding the incident.
The teens’ school district in Illinois identified the victims as Dylan Bazzell and Drew Fehr, reported CBS News.
Authorities responded to the scene at Copper Mountain ski resort shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, and found the 17-year-old and 18-year-old unresponsive, stated the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
