A 1-year-old boy fell from a second-story window Saturday but avoided serious injuries when the window’s screen broke his fall.
The boy’s mother told 9News she was at her home in the 400 block of Josephine Street when the boy leaned up against a window screen and fell out.
She said the screen broke the boy’s fall, and her son suffered only scrapes on his face and a broken rib.
Denver police spokesman John White said the incident is being treated as an accident, and he doesn’t anticipate criminal charges.
DENVER
Great Lakes Aviation owes city $482,244
Great Lakes Aviation owes the city $482,244 in various fees and interest on those fees for using Denver International Airport from 2000 to 2004, the city auditor’s office said.
The city of Denver owns and operates the airport.
The charges included $276,585 in underpaid landing fees, apparently due to Great Lakes Aviation using the wrong aircraft weights to calculate the fees after it switched aircraft models, according to a report by the auditor’s office that was made available Sunday.
Under an airport use and lease agreement, interest on payments due to the city accrues at 18 percent annually, the report said.
In an e-mail, Auditor Dennis Gallagher’s spokesman Denis Berckefeldt said it was not clear whether the carrier would be able to pay.
A representative of Great Lakes Aviation, based in Cheyenne, did not return a phone message left after business hours Sunday night. The audit said the company did not respond to its findings.
DENVER
17-year-old who died in pool incident ID’d
A 17-year-old pulled from an apartment pool Saturday evening has been identified as Patrick Roper of Denver. The teen, who died, was among a group of juveniles who entered a secured indoor pool area at Cobblestone Hill apartments, 7200 E. Evans Ave., said Denver police spokesman John White.
It is unknown how the group gained access to the area, he said. The death is being investigated as an accident, he said, and the cause of death has yet to be determined pending lab results.
AURORA
Intersection closed in tractor-trailer cleanup
Police shut down eastbound Hampden Avenue at Parker Road on Saturday night because a tractor-trailer carrying trash rolled over, spilling 75 gallons of fuel.
The accident happened about 7:50 p.m. when the truck driver failed to negotiate the offramp from southbound Parker to eastbound Hampden, according to the Aurora Fire Department.
The driver suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to the Medical Center of Aurora for treatment.
Aurora firefighters used a pump truck to remove the fuel and used a large wrecker to upright the tractor-trailer.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Friday fireball traced to meteor shower
A fireball that dozens of Front Range residents spotted was part of a meteor shower, according to Capt. Tim Lundberg of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
The meteor appeared around 11:08 p.m. Friday. Lundberg told KUSA-Channel 9 that it was centered over the Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs.
NORAD watches for airborne threats to the U.S. and Canada.
PAGOSA SPRINGS
Archuleta County accesses line of credit
Archuleta County, one of the fastest-growing areas in the state, has had to take out a $500,000 line of credit from a bank to help pay bills.
The county isn’t broke but is spending more than it is bringing in, said Finance Director Bob Burchett.
The county has already imposed a temporary hiring freeze, limited travel and training, and suspended capital purchases.
Archuleta is the third-fastest-growing county in the state. While Archuleta remains a rural county, its population doubled between 1989 and 2004 from 5,196 to 11,616. And the population is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
The county has been late in filing its annual audit to state authorities for the past three fiscal years. As a result, the state froze the county’s ability to use property-tax money. Burchett said the latest audit will be filed immediately.
DURANGO
Ordinance regulates gas wells within city
Durango has adopted its first ordinance to regulate gas-well operations within city limits.
There is currently one well in the city, but proposed annexations could mean as many as 10 in the future.
Notable measures to protect safety include a setback of 350 feet for any well in relation to an existing structure, and the notification of neighbors before flaring – the burnoff of excess gas from well heads during drilling.
