Jun 29, 2009 9:57 am US/Mountain
Boy Who Drowned In Vail Was From Edgewater
VAIL, Colo. (CBS4/AP) ―
Authorities have identified a 2-year-old boy who died after apparently falling into Gore Creek in Vail while walking with his mother on Sunday.
Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis identified the boy as Colin Cassidy of Edgewater. Vail officials say Sara Cassidy, the boy's mother, lost track of her son as she was tending to her baby daughter while on a walk on a recreation path near the Wren condos alongside the creek.
About 20 minutes after the mother called 911 a construction worker at the Ritz Carlton site pulled the boy out from the water about a mile downstream. Two passersby tried to resuscitate him before paramedics arrived.
The boy was pronounced dead at Vail Valley Medical Center. The family was in Vail for a lacrosse tournament.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
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