Teen found unresponsive after fall from park cliff

Published 4:38 pm Monday, January 20, 2020

TAYLORS FALLS — A teenager was found unresponsive after falling off a 30-foot cliff at a state park northeast of the Twin Cities.

The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office said deputies navigated the “extreme terrain” to reach 19-year-old Luke Zajac from Marine on St. Croix at Interstate State Park in Taylors Falls Sunday afternoon.

Deputies used data from a 911 caller in order to zero in on the teen’s location. The deputies then directed other emergency responders to the location, which was only reachable by foot.

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Zajac was lowered to a safe spot, then taken by air to a hospital. His condition was not released.

Taylors Falls is about 50 miles northeast of Minneapolis.