JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Search and rescue teams found a wader who was swept away in Clear Creek Sunday afternoon. He did not survive.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in around 5:30 p.m. that a group of people were wading in Clear Creek just east of Tunnel 1 on U.S. 6.
A man in his mid-20s waded too far out, and was swept away by the current, according to the sheriff’s office.
Officials said he was not wearing a life vest.
Teams found him near a pedestrian bridge just west of the intersection of U.S. 6 and Colo. 93.
As of 7:45 p.m., they were performing CPR, and preparing to transport the man to a hospital, but in a tweet at 9:38 p.m., the sheriff’s office announced the man died.
Update Hwy 6 closure at Hwy 93: road remains closed at Tunnel 1. Unfortunately the rescue became a recovery. One adult male drowning victim was located and removed from the creek near the pedestrian bridge just west of the Hwy 6/93 intersection.
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) July 22, 2019
Both lanes of US Hwy 6 are closed at the intersection of Hwy 6/ Hwy 93/ 58th St (to 119th St) due to a rescue effort in Clear Creek. Please avoid the area.
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) July 22, 2019
