DENVER (AP) - The Latest on deaths in Colorado rivers (all times local):
6 p.m.
Three people have died in fast-running Colorado rivers and a third was pulled from a vehicle that rolled into a creek.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says the body of a man was found in the Blue River in Breckenridge on Monday. Authorities haven’t released his name. The coroner’s office was investigating the cause of death.
Two people were found dead in the Denver area on Sunday and another person was pulled from a vehicle that rolled into a creek on Monday.
On Sunday, a man in his mid-20s was found dead after he was swept away in Clear Creek Canyon and a 38-year-old woman died after she was carried down a gulch during a heavy rainstorm in Lakewood.
On Monday, an 81-year-old man was pulled from a vehicle that rolled into St. Vrain Creek in Boulder County. Sheriff’s deputies said the man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries but his condition wasn’t known.
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5:50 p.m.
Two people have died in fast-running waterways in Colorado and a third has been pulled from vehicle that rolled into a creek.
On Sunday, a man in his mid-20s was found dead after he was swept away in Clear Creek Canyon and a 38-year-old woman died after she was carried down a gulch during a heavy rainstorm in Lakewood.
The man’s name hasn’t been released. The woman was identified as Jeannette Reynolds of Lakewood.
On Monday, an 81-year-old man was pulled from a vehicle that rolled into St. Vrain Creek in Boulder County. Sheriff’s deputies said the man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries but his condition wasn’t known.
The man lives in the mountain town of Allenspark in Boulder County. His name hasn’t been released.
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12:15 p.m.
Authorities say two people died in separate incidents after being swept away in waterways outside Denver.
Jefferson County sheriff’s officials tell KUSA-TV a man in his mid-20s was wading in Clear Creek Canyon with a group of people when he was swept downstream Sunday.
The man, who wasn’t identified, was found near a pedestrian bridge near the intersection of U.S. 6 and Colorado 93.
The sheriff’s office says rescuers were unable to resuscitate him.
Earlier that day, rescue crews recovered the body of 38-year-old Jeannette Reynolds, who had been swept away in a gulch during heavy rain in Lakewood.
Lakewood police say she was a transient who lived in the area.
Authorities say the coroner’s office performed an autopsy but the more studies are needed to determine cause of death.
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