JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado — A man died after being swept away by the current in Clear Creek Canyon Sunday evening.
Jesus Mario Baca-Estrada, 28, of Denver was the victim, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office announced on Tuesday. An autopsy revealed his cause of death was from drowning.
A Sheriff's Office spokesperson said they were called out to a report of a man in his mid 20s who was wading in the creek with a group of people near Tunnel 1 when he was swept downstream at around 5:30 p.m. He was not wearing a life preserver.
Baca-Estrada was found near a pedestrian bridge that goes over the water just west of U.S. 6 and State Highway 93, the Sheriff's Office said. Rescuers performed CPR but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Area roads were closed during the rescue effort.
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