Sanford police officer dies during training

Sanford, N.C. — A Sanford police officer died Tuesday during a training exercise, police said Wednesday.Elieser Colonroche, 55, was taking part in a training demonstration at Central Carolina Community College that involved officers rappelling down the side of a tower when he crashed into the tower on his descent and hurt his arm.Other officers took him to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill for treatment, where physicians found extensive internal bleeding, police said. He died at the hospital."The

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