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BUENA VISTA, Colo. — A rock slide killed five hikers and injured a sixth as it demolished a popular beginners trail below one of Colorado's most photographed mountains, causing so much destruction that rescuers had to wait a day to recover the victims' bodies.

The Monday morning slide sent 100-ton boulders onto a viewing area to see Agnes Vaille falls in Chalk Creek Canyon below Mount Princeton, a 14,197-foot peak. Five hikers were killed, and a teenage girl was left with a broken leg and other injuries. She was rescued and flown to a Denver hospital.

Witnesses said some of the boulders were the size of cars.

Rescuers planned to wait until Tuesday afternoon to remove the bodies of the five who were killed, said Chaffee County department spokeswoman Monica Broaddus.

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