Courtesy: MGN Online
By KKTV |
Posted: Sun 6:11 AM, Jun 26, 2016
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) Colorado State Patrol said one person is dead after a crash at the intersection of Highway 285 and Chaffee County Road 140 on Saturday afternoon.
Troopers say a car driven by Adrian Flores, 17, of Northglenn, was headed westbound on Chaffee County Road when it struck a motorcycle headed southbound on Highway 285.
The motorcycle swerved to miss the car and flipped. Two people on it were thrown in the crash.
The driver of the motorcycle, Donald Vsetecka, 70, of Green Mountain Falls, was taken to Rockies Hospital in Salida. His condition is not known.
A woman passenger, identified only as 57 years old, also from Green Mountain Falls, died on scene.
Troopers say neither Vsetecka or his passenger were wearing a helmet.
Flores and two other people in her car were all wearing seatbelts and were not hurt. She was cited for careless driving causing death, troopers said.
The crash remained under investigation, as of Sunday morning. Speed or alcohol or drugs are not believed to be factors in the crash.