ADAMS COUNTY
Driver on E-470 killed in rollover accident
A man driving west on E-470 in Adams County lost control of his car and was killed Sunday morning, police said.
According to State Patrol Master Trooper Ron Watkins, the Nissan Pathfinder spun off the road about 9:40 a.m., rolling twice.
The driver, who has not been identified, was ejected from the sport utility vehicle while it was rolling. He was taken to Denver Health Medical Center, where he died.
Drugs and alcohol did not play a role in the accident, police said.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY
Fisherman found dead in Clear Creek
The Sheriff’s Office told 9News that a 50-year-old fisherman from Lakewood was found dead in Clear Creek near Georgetown Lake on Sunday.
The man was fishing with a girlfriend near the frontage road below the lake’s dam. Officials are not sure how he ended up in the water.
Three other fishermen saw the man alive about 5:45 p.m. Sunday. Rescuers found the man’s body along the bank where Interstate 70 runs along Clear Creek around 7:30 p.m., about 500 yards downstream from where he was last seen.
The man’s name was not immediately released.
BOULDER
Commissioner Mayer dies at 56 of cancer
Boulder County Commissioner Tom Mayer has lost his fight against a rare form of cancer.
Mayer, 56, died Friday evening at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Mayer was diagnosed in November with adenocarcinoma/carcinoid in his colon and appendix. He announced in January that he would have to spend some time away from his job to receive treatment but said he intended to return.
“If you knew Tom, you knew how big his heart was and the depth of compassion he felt for the people of Boulder County,” Commissioner Ben Pearlman said in a statement.
Pearlman said Mayer was interested in environmental and land-use issues in the county. But he was particularly devoted to improving the lives of the young and the poor, Boulder County officials said.
Boulder’s Democratic Party will appoint Mayer’s successor. Mayer’s family is planning a public memorial service in mid-July.
WESTMINSTER
Cops investigate fight that left five injured
Police are investigating a Saturday evening fight at Skyline Vista Park that left four men with stab wounds and a boy with minor injuries.
Police began getting calls about 7:30 p.m. Saturday that roughly 20 people were fighting near the park at West 72nd Avenue and Zuni Street and that someone may have been stabbed.
Police arrived to find the five injured males. The Westminster Fire Department transported all five to three local hospitals. The extent of their injuries is unknown, police said.
Officers are interviewing people who were in the area during the incident. No suspects are in custody.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Westminster Police Department at 303-430-2400, ext. 4360.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS
2 accused of feeding bear may avoid fine
The state Division of Wildlife was leaning against citing people suspected of petting and illegally feeding a bear that wildlife officers destroyed.
Division officials decided to kill the bear Thursday because they feared it had become too used to humans at a campground in West Glenwood and might attack someone who didn’t reward it with food.
Wildlife officials said a couple at the campground may have been catching fish and throwing them to the bear.
“Our full intent was to charge them. Our problem there is we did not see them do it. The other issue there is they probably couldn’t even pay the fine,” wildlife manager Perry Will said.
The penalty is $68 for violating the prohibition against feeding wildlife.
A witness reported the bear was fed by humans. Wildlife officials said the couple admitted only to petting the female bear.
