WESTMINSTER
Boy killed in go-kart hit-and-run crash
An 8-year-old boy was killed and his 10-year-old brother injured Saturday night when a hit-and-run driver crashed into the go-kart they were riding, Westminster police said.
Police were searching for the driver of the vehicle who hit the go-kart at about 6:30 p.m. near Mandalay Middle School, investigator Stephanie Topkoff said.
The boys, who were staying with their grandparents while their parents are traveling, were driving the go-kart down 96th Avenue near Pierce Street.
Police had not found any witnesses to the crash, but said the first people to arrive afterward performed CPR on the younger boy. His older brother was walking around in a daze, Topkoff said.
The 10-year-old was in stable condition at Children’s Hospital with cuts and bruises.
The names of the children were not released because police had not been able to reach their parents, Topkoff said.
She asked anyone who notices new, unexplained damage to a vehicle to call Westminster police.
DENVER
Motorcycle crash shuts down I-70
A fatal motorcycle crash shut down eastbound Interstate 70 near Sheridan Boulevard in Denver for hours Saturday night, police said.
The motorcycle driver, who was not identified, crashed into a guardrail about 7 p.m. and was killed at the scene, said Denver police detective Virginia Quinones.
Police were investigating whether alcohol or speed contributed to the crash.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Construction-related accident kills woman
A woman working on a piece of construction equipment was killed Saturday on U.S. 285 near Conifer.
Authorities would not release her name. The accident occurred at a private residence in the 18000 block of the highway.
At approximately 9:10 a.m., police responded to a call and pronounced the woman dead at the scene, said Jacki Kelley, a Jefferson County public information officer.
The woman had been contracted to do repair work on a Bobcat, Kelly said.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Zoo euthanizes male giraffe born in wild
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has euthanized its male giraffe Laikipia, who was born in the wild in Kenya in 1981.
Laikipia’s mobility had become restricted due to degenerative joint disease aggravated by abnormal hoof growth, zoo officials said. With Laikipia becoming unresponsive to pain medication, zoo officials decided to euthanize him.
He was euthanized shortly after the birth Wednesday of a 6-foot-2-inch, 179-pound female calf he sired with the 17-year-old mother, Uhura, zoo officials said.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS
New CDOT chief wants I-70 rail study
The new director of the Colorado Department of Transportation says the state can’t solve the Interstate 70 mountain problem with pavement.
Russell George, a former House speaker and executive director of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, said an ongoing transportation study to deal with ski and summer vacation traffic must include a rail component.
In the past, CDOT officials have said rail is too expensive, as much as $8 billion.
GRAND JUNCTION
Accused drifter says boyfriend was leader
A member of a band of drifters accused of killing a group member and torturing an 11-year-old boy said her boyfriend was the ringleader.
“I am not a monster,” Candace Clark told reporters from the Portage Daily Register and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who interviewed her at Columbia County Jail in Wisconsin on Friday.
Grand Junction authorities have issued warrants for the arrest of Clark and her boyfriend, Michael Sisk, who are wanted on identity-theft-related charges.
Clark said no one was innocent, including the boy. “Everybody’s making him out to be perfect,” she said. “He’s not.”
Police acted on a tip June 14 and searched a house where they found the boy bloody with burn marks and locked in a closet.
They also found the body of 36-year-old Tammie Garlin buried behind the house.
DENVER
Organizers cancel Juneteenth festival
Denver’s annual Juneteenth festival scheduled for Saturday in City Park was canceled by event organizers.
Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, the day Texas slaves were freed by President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Last year, Juneteenth celebrations were held in the Five Points neighborhood and at the nearby Kingdom of Glory Church.
The event’s organizers, The Nineteenth of June Community Celebration Inc., on their website blamed the cancellation on the event producer – The PR Shop, LLC.
