A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Boulder was killed in an on-duty crash Friday near Powers, Oregon, the agency announced.
Benjamin Charles Sapper, 21, was employed by the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. He was working as a first-year hand crew member on the Gold Beach Ranger District, according to the Forest Service.
According to the agency's release, Sapper graduated from Boulder High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Colorado. He was set to study earth sciences at the University of British Columbia this fall.
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