Passenger killed, driver hurt after speeding car crashes
Fort Collins – A passenger in a speeding Subaru that sideswiped one vehicle and broadsided another on U.S. 287 between Loveland and Fort Collins on Saturday night died at the scene. The driver was hospitalized in serious condition, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Master Trooper Ron Watkins said the 2004 Subaru WRX was speeding northbound past a State Patrol trooper on a traffic stop about 10:45 p.m. The trooper gave chase but was unable to close the distance.
As the speeder approached East Harmony Road in Fort Collins, the trooper saw the Subaru sideswipe a northbound car, run a red light and hit a car crossing the highway on East Troutman Parkway, Watkins said.
The Subaru spun off the road and crashed into two trees, splitting the car in half, he said.
The occupants of the sideswiped vehicle weren’t injured, and those in the broadsided car suffered only minor injuries and weren’t hospitalized, Watkins said. No names were released.
CENTENNIAL
Memorial set Tuesday for plane crash victim
A memorial service for one of the victims of an Aug. 13 airplane crash south of Centennial Airport has been scheduled for Tuesday.
A service for Brett Derosier, a 28-year-old investment manager, will be held at 10 a.m. at Signature Flight Support, 8001 S. Interport Blvd., at Centennial Airport.
Derosier grew up in Lakewood and graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in 1995. He attended Colorado State University and was co-chairman of the Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance, a cancer-research benefit held at the airport.
Contributions may be made to the Brett Derosier memorial fund at any metro-area Wells Fargo Bank.
BOULDER
CU enrollment down; costs, publicity cited
Enrollment at the University of Colorado-Boulder is down 17 percent for out-of-state students and 3 percent for in-state students, CU officials said Thursday.
The university said rising tuition costs and publicity about scandals affected enrollment.
Out-of-state tuition topped $20,000 for the first time in 2004, which made it difficult to attract nonresident students, said Kevin MacLennan, interim director of admissions.
“However, we also acknowledge the impact adverse publicity may have had on our numbers,” he said.
CU received 17,100 applications from freshmen this year, compared with 19,300 applications in 2004.
The 2005 freshman class of about 5,000 is 2.7 percent smaller than last fall’s freshman class. Overall enrollment is projected at about 28,800 students, compared with 29,258 students last year.
The decrease was predicted in January as application numbers lagged. Final enrollment numbers will be available in September after a campus census, CU officials said.
STATEWIDE
Increase reported in lodging bookings
About 62 percent of Colorado’s hotels and other hospitality businesses said they had an increase in the pace of bookings during the second quarter, compared with the same quarter last year, according to survey results from the Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association. But more than half – 58.6 percent – said they are hiring at about the same rate as in the year-ago period.
Fifty-two percent said they are spending more on renovations. Two-thirds said customers are booking closer to their time of arrival.
The association surveys its 470 member-properties in Colorado, covering more than 40,000 guest rooms.
CASTLE ROCK
Heavy storm prompts flash-flood warning
A heavy thunderstorm Sunday prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash-flood warning for an area in Douglas County burned by the state’s largest wildfire.
The warning covered areas burned in 2002 by the Hayman fire in southwestern parts of the county. The thunderstorm Sunday afternoon had dropped up to 0.75 inches of rain within an hour about 30 miles northwest of Colorado Springs.
On Saturday, a storm brought up to 4 inches of rain over northern and western parts of Colorado Springs within two hours, flooding some streets, stalling cars, and dumping hail and snow on runners in a race on Pikes Peak.
Snow and hail stranded hundreds of runners, race officials and others for the Pikes Peak Ascent while snowplows cleared the road after the race, fire Lt. Glenn Conklin said.
