Chatfield State Park – A woman was flown to a hospital with a severe head injury Sunday after falling off her bicycle on a ride through Chatfield State Park.
The woman was cruising at about 25 mph when she hit a culvert and fell off the bike, said Douglas County sheriff’s Deputy Dave Joly.
Authorities were trying Sunday night to identify the woman. She was by herself and did not have a purse or identification.
The woman, who was wearing a helmet, was conscious and breathing immediately after the accident and had to be flown by helicopter to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Joly said.
Authorities estimated the woman is 56 years old.
The accident happened about 4:15 p.m. by the dog park in Chatfield, which is southwest of Littleton.
MESA COUNTY
Search continues for missing rafter
The search for a missing rafter continued Sunday without success, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.
Ricky Creuse, 29, disappeared in the Colorado River on Saturday evening after his raft capsized near Palisade.
The raft was found downriver near Palisade High School, but Creuse wasn’t found.
Creuse was with a woman and two children in two rafts when rough waters caused both rafts to capsize, authorities said.
The woman and children made it to the shore, and Creuse was still hanging onto the raft when the woman went for help.
CASTLE ROCK
Three-story fall leaves boy, 3, critical
A 3-year-old boy was in critical but stable condition a day after he fell out of a third-story apartment window, police said.
The boy was playing in his room when he pushed out the screen of a partially open window. The toddler’s parents were home at the time but did not see the accident.
The incident occurred in the 6100 block of Castle Gate Drive West at 7:16 p.m. Saturday.
GEORGETOWN
Rock slide shuts down I-70 temporarily
Two large boulders that slid down a roadside mountain shut down Interstate 70 near Georgetown on Sunday afternoon.
One of the rocks struck a vehicle, but no one was injured, said Jarrett Handy, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The rock slide closed the interstate in both directions at mile markers 226 and 228. I-70 eastbound was shut down about 40 minutes, and westbound traffic was blocked for two hours.
VAIL
Town buys 2 condos to rent to employees
The Town Council has approved buying two more condos for a total of about $750,000 so more employees can live in town.
The units, whose purchase was approved last week, are being rented to town employees, many of whom are considered “critical,” such as firefighters, police officers, emergency dispatchers and mechanics.
Some would not be able to live in town without affordable housing, said Assistant Town Manager Pam Brandmeyer.
That could be critical during emergencies.
With Interstate 70 as the only road to Vail, the town could be cut off by a mudslide or an avalanche, Brandmeyer said.
“We could find ourselves in a position where we’re our own island here,” she said.
The town is trying to keep 30 percent of town employees living in Vail, said Nina Timm, Vail’s housing coordinator.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Dad dies, but his trust will fund hunt for son
Bill Fish formed a trust before his death Saturday that will fund the search for Gene Fish, 56, who disappeared nearly three years ago.
“I know Bill wanted the case to go on in the event that he passed away,” said Dave Spencer, a retired Colorado Springs Police Department homicide detective hired by Fish to find out what happened to his son, who hasn’t used his passport or his $4,000 monthly pension since disappearing.
The former Nuclear Regulatory Commission agent vanished from his home June 21, 2004, in Fremont County.
Spencer had planned to meet with Bill Fish, who was 90, on June 1.
