1 dead, 1 missing after rafting accident on the Colorado River

GRAND COUNTY, Colorado – One man was killed and another is missing after a raft capsized on the Colorado River Saturday, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said.

A 911 caller reported around 3:40 p.m. that a person was not breathing on the river in the Gore Canyon area south of Kremmling.

It was determined to be a rafting accident and that a passerby performed CPR on one of the victims, a 56-year-old man from the Denver metropolitan area who was later pronounced dead by rescuers.

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The sheriff’s office said it had also determined that another man, a 61-year-old man from the Denver metropolitan area, was still missing.

Responders deployed additional rafts, ground crews, unmanned aerial systems and a Union Pacific Railroad Hi-Rail to search the river and surrounding areas.

As of Sunday morning he had not been found, but the search is ongoing.

A third person in the group was able to leave the river safely and is missing.

The Grand County Coroner’s Office will release the deceased man’s name and determine the cause of death. The missing person’s name is being withheld pending notification of immediate family.

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