Busy Saturday

[jimmnn]

1. SW Colo: Search underway for an overdue plane with 3 POB enroute from Taos to Telluride and has not arrived.
O/F 148.150, DTRS

2. El Paso County: Military Helo being requested for a winch rescue off Pikes Peak, Fort Carson or possibly a ship from New Mexico.

From KOAA.com:

Hiker rescued from Pikes Peak

A search and rescue team carried a hiker to safety, after he suffered
a possible heart attack. The hiker was on Barr Trail, scaling Pikes
Peak. The 49 year old man suffered chest pains, sat down, and waited
for help. Rescuers say he did everything right.

The rescuers spent four hours carrying the victim down the mountain
on a litter. This is the 9th time this year that a hiker has been
rescued from Barr Trail.

3. Arap County: Alert 2 at KAPA also, inbound plane reporting problems. Ops Metcom Ch 3 and Centennial Ops "C-10".
And 74's beat all the ARFF rigs to the scene.

4. Boulder County: 12236 East Countyline Rd working S/F in a greenhouse business reqeusting more units for a tanker shuttle.
O/F 151.355, 154.220, Online

5. Summit County: Wise Mountain outside Breckenridge on a fatal ATV accident with the coroner requested to the scene.
O/F 154.400, 155.625

Jim<

 

[cstockmyer]

1. SW Colo: Search underway for an overdue plane with 3 POB enroute from Taos to Telluride and has not arrived.
O/F 148.150, DTRS

2. El Paso County: Military Helo being requested for a winch rescue off Pikes Peak, Fort Carson or possibly a ship from New Mexico.

3. Arap County: Alert 2 at KAPA also, inbound plane reporting problems. Ops Metcom Ch 3 and Centennial Ops "C-10".
And 74's beat all the ARFF rigs to the scene.

4. Boulder County: 12236 East Countyline Rd working S/F in a greenhouse business reqeusting more units for a tanker shuttle.
O/F 151.355, 154.220, Online

Jim<

Why a military bird?

 

[jimmnn]

Why a military bird?

Because they are using an uphaul / winch as the page mentioned no EMS ships have that and because of the altitude they are operating at during the rescue.

Jim<

 

[cstockmyer]

Because they are using an uphaul / winch as the page mentioned no EMS ships have that and because of the altitude they are operating at during the rescue.

Jim<

oooh ok that makes sense.

 

[jimmnn]

House Fire

Greenwood Village: SMFR is working a house fire on South Quince Street with command requesting PIO, investigator, Red Cross and Chief of the dept now responding.

O/F DTRS Metcom Ops 3, Online

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

Fatal Accident

Mesa County: I-70 MM 58, rptd rockslide vs semi with rptd one black O/S and poss an addl pt..Debeque FD/MCSO/CSP all enr

154.40, 155.49, DTRS, online

Mesa Co U/D: Debeque Chief 81 reporting one code black and EB I-70 completely blocked with significant traffic backing up behind the scene, req EB traffic be re-routed onto CO-65 and stating \"major\" work required to clear debris..add CDOT and 151.085.

DE BEQUE, Colo. (AP) -- A rock slide Saturday on Interstate 70 in De Beque Canyon killed a person in a semitrailer and shutdown the eastbound lanes of the highway, officials said.

The slide happened about 9:15 p.m. about six miles west of De Beque, about 185 miles west of Denver, Colorado Department of Transportation spokesman Fritz Homann said.

Trooper Gilbert Mares of the Colorado State Patrol said a person was killed, though it was unclear whether it was a driver of a passenger of the vehicle.

Traffic was being rerouted through the area, Homann said.

 

[jimmnn]

Thornton: 120th & Riverdale T/A R/O with ejection and AB SB.

O/F DTRS, Online

Jim<

 

[WaveRunner]

Thornton: 120th & Riverdale T/A R/O with ejection and AB SB.

O/F DTRS, Online

Jim<

Sounds pretty nasty. 1 Fatal and one arm amputation from the elbow down. All I have caught so far.

 

[jimmnn]

1. SW Colo: Search underway for an overdue plane with 3 POB enroute from Taos to Telluride and has not arrived.
O/F 148.150, DTRS


0800hrs Sunday: Crash site has been located and all search aircraft are cancelling.

The Civil Air Patrol found the wreckage Sunday morning of a small plane bound from Addison, Texas to Telluride on Mt. Wilson.

Col. Greg Cortum of the Colorado Civil Air Patrol said there were no survivors.

A San Miguel County team was preparing to be taken to the crash site on the 14,246-foot high mountain about 10 miles southwest of Telluride.

Cortum said the plane had left Texas on Friday and refueled in Taos, N.M. He said he did not know how many people were on board.

 

[jimmnn]

SUMMIT COUNTY - A 56-year-old man was killed Saturday in an ATV accident near Wise Mountain.

Clenten Kayle, Jr. was killed when his Polaris Sportsman ATV flipped over backwards, Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said.

Kayle was wearing a helmet at the time, but suffered a fatal closed head injury, Richardson said.

Kayle had met with his brother and some friends around 11:00am Saturday to go four-wheeling near Wise Mountain. The call for help came in around 2:40pm Saturday afternoon.

Kayle lived in Broomfield and worked as a division president for Lennar Homes in Denver.

According to the coroner's office, the death was ruled accidental.