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Rock slide victims were from Colorado and Missouri UPDATE

5 p.m. UPDATE (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of all five people who were killed by a rock slide on a Colorado hiking trail.

Chaffee (CHAY’-fee) County Sheriff Pete Palmer said a family member identified the five. They were members of an extended family from Colorado and Missouri.

A 13-year-old girl survived the Monday morning slide with a broken leg.

The sheriff’s department identified the dead as 46-year-old Dwayne Johnson, 45-year-old Dawna Johnson, and their 18-year-old daughter, Kiowa-Rain Johnson. All were from nearby Buena (BYOO’-nuh) Vista, Colo.

The other victims were 10-year-old Baigen (BAY’-gun) Walker and 22-year-old Paris Walkup, both of Birch Tree, Mo. They were nephews of Dwayne and Dawna Johnson.

The survivor is Gracie Johnson, daughter of Dwayne and Dawna Johnson.

 

(AP) — Authorities have identified the victims of a Colorado rock slide as members of an extended family from Colorado and Missouri, including a 10-year-old boy.Screen Shot 2013-10-01 at 2.04.10 PM

The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday the lone survivor, 13-year-old Gracie Johnson, was dug out by rescuers and taken by helicopter to a Denver hospital with a broken leg.

The five people who were killed included Gracie’s parents, Dwayne and Dawna Johnson, and her 18-year-old sister, Kiowa-Rain Johnson, all of nearby Buena Vista, Colo.

The sheriff’s department says the other victims were 10-year-old Baigen Walker and 22-year-old Paris Walkup, both of Birch Tree, Mo. They were nephews of Dwayne and Dawna Johnson.

Dwayne Johnson was 46. Dawna Johnson was 45.

The slide occurred Monday on a popular hiking trail in south-central Colorado.

 

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