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Name of Colorado Springs man released in fatal hiking accident
Posted: Sep 16, 2012 1:01 PM by Lacey Steele
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a man who fell more than 600 feet to his death while hiking Maroon Bells near Aspen.
The Pitkin County Coroner's Office identified the man Sunday as 34-year-old Derek Kelley of Colorado Springs.
Kelley was about 300 feet from the summit of North Maroon Peak when he fell after a boulder came loose Saturday morning. The Aspen Daily News reports rescue personnel believe he had been wearing a helmet but was not wearing a harness.
Kelley's body was removed from the 14,000-foot mountain Saturday afternoon.
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