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Officials on Monday identified a 19-year-old man who was 

 at a state park in southern Minnesota near Mankato, Minn.

Jack Robert Loso, of Robbinsdale, Minn., died Saturday afternoon after becoming trapped under collapsed earth from the landslide, the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Loso was visiting the park with family members when the landslide occurred at the falls area of the park, investigators said.

Emergency workers called to the scene recovered Loso’s body. The accident remains under investigation, officials said Monday.

 is one of Minnesota’s oldest state parks, and contains waterfalls and a bison herd, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.

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A 19-year-old man died Saturday as a result of a landslide at the falls areas in Minnesota’s Minneopa State Park. The man was found dead after being trapped under the collapsed earth.

Law enforcement identify man killed in landslide at Minnesota state park

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