2 killed when small plane crashes near Winter Park
Two people were killed in a plane crash early Sunday in the Corona Pass area.
They were flying in plane known as a Champion Citabria 7KCAB airplane at the time of the crash shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday.
The identities of the dead were not immediately released.
The single-engine aircraft, which went down shortly after 7 a.m., was registered to 27-year-old Coe Hargraves of Hawaii. Hargraves, a former flight instructor in Boulder, said he sold the plane earlier this year, but he would not disclose the buyer.
“It was in good legal condition,” he said, noting that it passed a required inspection within the past year.
Hargraves said he knew the people who died but declined to reveal their names. “Everybody was well-qualified,” he said. “It was not an instructional flight.”
Hargraves said he received “about 20 calls” regarding the downed plane from friends today.
FAA officials could confirm only that there were two bodies in the wreckage; they did not know the flight plan.
DENVER
Stabbing victim ID’d; girlfriend held
Denver police identified Ray Mendez, 60, as the man who was stabbed to death in the 4300 block of Lipan Street after an argument with his girlfriend.
Mendez died early Saturday after arguing with 37-year-old June Gardner at an apartment complex, police said.
Gardner was arrested on suspicion of second-degree homicide, police said.
COMMERCE CITY
Motorist sought in hit-and-run injury
Police are looking for the driver of a blue or dark-colored truck that struck and injured a 25-year-old woman Friday night.
The accident occurred at 11 p.m. at East 62nd Avenue and Holly Street.
Police found Juanita Rivera lying in the middle of the intersection. Investigators determined that she was crossing eastbound when she was hit.Rivera suffered a head injury.
ASPEN
Police officer fired after Taser incident
The city manager has fired a police officer who used a Taser last month on a 63-year-old homeless woman.
“Your decision to use a Taser on an elderly woman who posed no immediate threat to you… displays a complete lack of understanding of the values, philosophy and mission statement of the Aspen Police Department,” City Manager Steve Barwick wrote officer Melinda Calvano.
Calvano said she used her Taser on the woman for resisting arrest. “I have never been treated so horribly,” she said.
Barwick said Calvano can appeal her dismissal.
PUEBLO
Teenager accused of killing woman on dare
A 17-year-old is accused of killing a woman who dared him to shoot her after he threatened her with a gun.
The teen, whose name was not released, was visiting the home of two teenage friends when he got into an argument with their mother, the Pueblo Chieftain reported Sunday.
The suspect shot her and fled, reports say.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Report of Pikes Peak plane crash erroneous
A report of a plane crash on Pikes Peak in El Paso County turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said Sunday.
When crews reached the area where a tourist claimed to have seen a plane, they found only trees and logs, said Kevin Classen, incident commander of El Paso County Search and Rescue.
On Saturday, a tourist reported seeing a glint of light, as if from a windshield, and possibly an aircraft on the ground.
ASPEN
Residences flooded as mud blocks pipes
Powerful thunderstorms Sunday flooded several residents’ basements with up to 2 feet of water and mud after a mudslide on Smuggler Mountain blocked nearby drainage pipes.
Homeowners reported hearing basement windows explode from water pressure.
“I didn’t even care about my books. That was the least of it,” said Martha Meagher, who stood in water over her ankles in her basement.
Across town, the barroom floor at the Sky Hotel was drenched, and the hotel’s basement garage was flooded.
