MANKATO — A 19-year-old man died after being trapped by a landslide near Minneopa Falls late Saturday afternoon.
Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Brian Martin said they were called at 4:52 p.m. about a landslide at Minneopa State Park Falls area in which someone was trapped under the earth that had collapsed.
Emergency workers were able to locate the party trapped, a Sheriff’s Office release said, and he was determined to be deceased once recovered.
Martin said they are waiting for the Ramsey County medical examiner to issue a report before they can officially say the cause of death.
The Sheriff’s Office, State Patrol, Southbend Fire Department, Lake Crystal Fire Department and Mayo Ambulance responded to the scene near the intersection of 547 Avenue and Gadwall Road.