Wall collapse kills Hi-Plains student-athlete
Rocky Mountain News
Published June 20, 2008 at 11:33 a.m.
Updated June 21, 2008 at 2:33 a.m.
A member of the Hi-Plains High School state championship basketball team was killed Thursday when a retaining wall he was helping build gave way, falling on him.
Evan Bancroft, 17, was trapped under a concrete wall, Kit Carson County Sheriff Ed Raps said Friday.
Bancroft was working with a construction crew at County Road N and County Road 44, southwest of Burlington, building a retaining wall for a loading ramp, Raps said.
Rescuers raised the wall enough to extract Bancroft, who was transported to the Kit Carson County Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m., about 21/2 hours after the accident.
Hi-Plains completed an undefeated season March 15 by defeating No. 2 Caliche to win the Colorado Class A boys basketball championship. Bancroft made a key steal in the final minutes to help seal the win.
Bancroft also was on the Hi-Plains team that finished second in the state in 2007.
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June 20, 2008
11:54 a.m.
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RightOn writes:
Terrible terrible terrible terrible.
I'm so sorry for his family and friends.
Terrible.
June 20, 2008
12:05 p.m.
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steel writes:
What was a 17 year old doing on a construction site? OSHA regulations are clear when they state a minimum age of 18. No one is questioning this?!?
June 20, 2008
12:14 p.m.
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notyouravg writes:
What a terrible accident. My heart felt condolences to the family and loved ones. Rest in peace Evan.
June 20, 2008
12:15 p.m.
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Squatch writes:
This is a very sad story my Prayers go out to the family.
June 20, 2008
1:24 p.m.
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Oh_Wise_One writes:
The OSHA reg maybe for under 16 years old.
June 20, 2008
2:35 p.m.
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mytwosense writes:
My heart goes out to this young man's family. What an awful tragedy.
June 20, 2008
4:14 p.m.
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dirt_road writes:
My heart breaks for his family.
June 20, 2008
8:31 p.m.
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helderman writes:
our family would like to send out our deepist sympothy to evan and his family and friends he was a well liked and respected young man he will be missed by all of the kids from HIPLAINS this comeing year our thoughts r with u all
June 21, 2008
3:23 p.m.
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Scott writes:
Absolutely horrible accident. My prayers are with the family.
Scott
June 22, 2008
12:20 p.m.
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Devlin writes:
Our prayers and thoughts go out to the family. Evan will be missed by the entire Eastern Colorado community. We all enjoyed every minute we got to watch Evan display his athletic abilities.
June 22, 2008
8:18 p.m.
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helderman writes:
Amanda Helderman
Evan and his family are imn my prayers i am going to miss evan i didnt know him well but i went to hi plains to and evan was a very loveing and careing friend to every one its going to be hard on the hi plains students next year without him but Evan is remembered for all the things that he did he was a fantastic athlete R.I.P Evan BAncroft we all miss and love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 24, 2008
4:32 p.m.
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2doxies writes:
steel has no idea what he/she is talking about regarding osha regulations. there are restrictions, but it is totally legal for a seventeen year-old to be on a construction site.
a simple google or msn search would have told you that, steel. next time, try researching a topic before you post a comment.