Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A doctor at an eastern Wyoming hospital has died in a Colorado climbing accident.
Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas said Tuesday that Dr. Jamie Rupp died in an accident southwest of Pueblo, Colorado, over the Labor Day Weekend. Hospital officials say Rupp's wife was notified of his death on Monday.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2xLXmE6 ) Rupp was a nephrologist, the type of doctor that treats diseases of the kidneys.
Memorial Hospital CEO Ryan Smith said Rupp spent his entire career in Wyoming, working at the Veterans Administration Clinic in Casper before joining the Douglas hospital in 2014.
Rupp had planned to climb the Kit Carson and Challenger Mountains over the weekend.
___
Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
