A 61-year-old Greeley man has died of injuries suffered in a work-related accident last week when a gas pipeline burst into flames east of Galeton, authorities say.
George Cottingham died late Tuesday night at North Colorado Medical Center, said Jennifer Finch, spokeswoman for the Weld County coroner’s office. in the fire.
Two other men who were injured in the flash fire are still recuperating. One man remains in critical condition, but he is responding to treatment, Briggsdale Fire Protection District chief James Dilka said. The names of the two men have not been released.
Cottingham had been treated in the hospital’s burn center, Finch wrote in a news release.
The final manner and cause of Cottingham’s death await autopsy and laboratory results, she said.
The origin of the fire remains under investigation by several agencies. Investigators said the men, all employees of Northern Plains Trucking, were working on a gas buildup in a natural gas line owned by DCP Midstream at a well site owned by PDC Energy Inc.
