RIFLE WOMAN IDENTIFIED IN DEADLY ROLLOVER CRASH
Rifle—The woman who died in a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon near Silt was identified by the Garfield County Coroner’s office as 41 year old Melanie Baumert of Rifle. According to information from the Colorado State Patrol, Baumert was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected when her car rolled three times after she drifted into the median on westbound I-70. She was flown to Saint Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction with massive injuries but did not survive. Baumert’s 7 year old daughter was buckled up and sustained only minor injuries. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. Troopers have already ruled out alcohol or drug use.
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DENVER (AP) – Prosecutors say a man accused of pushing his wife to her death during a hike to celebrate their wedding anniversary in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park tried to kill her once before. An Assistant U.S. Attorney told jurors during closing arguments today that Harold Henthorn dropped a beam on his second wife, Toni Henthorn, while they were working on their cabin together more than a year before she died.
DENVER (AP) – A Denver man accused of killing his wife after eating marijuana-infused candy he bought at a legal pot shop has changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Richard Kirk is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife Kristine in April 2014. She was on a 911 call with police dispatchers, talking about her husband’s erratic behavior.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (AP) – Parts of northern Colorado are getting an early taste of winter. Light snow was on the ground in Rocky Mountain National Park this morning after a cold front dropped temperatures into the 20s there. Trail Ridge Road was temporarily closed until ice on the roadway melted.
GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – Experts are predicting this El Nino season could mean higher-than-average snowfall in southwestern Colorado. NOAA researcher Klaus Wolter recently said people looking for plenty of snow this winter will likely find it in the San Juan Mountains.
