Lincoln County accident info?

[Martinjmpr]

I know this is a long shot but I thought I'd throw it out there.

On Saturday I was out for a ride on my motorcycle. Since it's still kind of iffy up in the mountains, I went out onto the plains. I was riding on CO 71 between Limon and Ordway and I came across a terrible car accident.

Single vehicle accident, vehicle rolled several times and was probably 40 feet off the roadway down an embankment and up against a fence. All airbags deployed. Debris all over the road. There were at least 5 cars that had stopped by the time I got there. Law enforcement had not yet arrived.

I stopped my bike and went to see if there was anything I could do. I saw a woman sitting down on the ground with a blanket wrapped around her, I presumed she was in the car. I asked one of the other bystanders if there was anybody else in the car.

Now, I'm a bit hard of hearing AND I had my helmet on and earplugs in, but it sounded like the bystander said there was nobody else in the car, but there was a child who had been thrown from the car and died, and they had the body in another vehicle.

I'm not a medic and it didn't look like there was anything that could be done. I picked up some of the debris off the road (which heartbreakingly included clothes of a young child) and waited about 15 minutes. This was a LONG way from any town and LE had not shown up yet. Since I wasn't a witness and there seemed to be plenty of other people standing around I saw no point in staying there and left.

But I'm still haunted by it and kind of want to know what happened. This would have been on State Highway 71, in Lincoln County, about 10 miles South of Punkin Center.

I'm assuming that for a fatality, the State Patrol would investigate. Does anyone know if reports like this would be public information? I checked the local news outlets and didn't see anything. Nearest city would probably be Colorado Springs.

I know it seems odd but I kind of want to know whether there was actually a fatality or whether I mis-heard what the bystander said.

Thanks in advance for any help.

EDITED TO ADD: This was on Saturday, 3/30/24 and the accident happened around 3:10 - 3:15 PM. I got there about 3:20 and left the scene at probably 3:45.

[Clint45]

That really sucks.

[ray1970]

You?ll probably just have to wonder. Unless you were actually involved in the accident you likely won?t find out anything about it.

[BushMasterBoy]

You can call the State Patrol and advise that you were one of the first people on scene.

CSP Contact:

TROOP 3D LIMON

Captain Clinton Rushing
131 C Ave.,
Limon, CO 80828
719-775-2964 *Press 0

[ray1970]

You can call the State Patrol and advise that you were one of the first people on scene.

Their first question is going to be if you actually witnessed the accident. Once you tell them you didn?t actually see the accident happen they will have no use for you.

In a similar scenario, I was first on scene to a similar accident. I mostly stopped because one of the people thrown from the vehicle was literally in the road and I had to stop. When authorities arrived they wanted to know if I had witnessed the accident. When I told them that I hadn?t actually witnessed it and had only arrived on scene moments after the fact there was nothing they needed from me and they sent me on my way.

[FoxtArt]

try CORA if the LEO doesn't get you anywhere, imho.

https://publicsafety.colorado.gov/co...ecords-request

ETA: They can redact things, but they shouldn't refuse a CORA request for the report itself. So you won't see names, but I expect you'll find just enough basic info to (probably) satisfy your question.

[BushMasterBoy]

I had a friend, whose friend was in a accident. I called the CSP and they told me everything. Your mileage may vary. As a side note, I run a dash cam on all my vehicles. It may record evidence that may seem insignificant at the time, but is valuable after the fact.

[eddiememphis]

You could try Facebook and Nextdoor

[Clint45]

There are a LOT of members here who are active LE/EMS.

About a decade ago, a friend had an abusive ex stalker who later went to prison for severe child abuse resulting in brain damage to a toddler. They were released to a halfway house and immediately began harassing my friend online via sockpuppet accounts, making threats.

I posted about it here, and someone PMed me with information about where the offender was and who their Parole officer was.

I'm certain someone might be able to find out details about a fatal MVA involving a child at that date and time.

It's good to have closure for peace of mind, otherwise thoughts can keep you up at night.

[OneGuy67]

There are a LOT of members here who are active LE/EMS.

About a decade ago, a friend had an abusive ex stalker who later went to prison for severe child abuse resulting in brain damage to a toddler. They were released to a halfway house and immediately began harassing my friend online via sockpuppet accounts, making threats.

I posted about it here, and someone PMed me with information about where the offender was and who their Parole officer was.

I'm certain someone might be able to find out details about a fatal MVA involving a child at that date and time.

There were a number of LEO's here, but over time, most have left or just don't post anymore, due to the general feeling that they aren't welcome, passive aggressive dislike of LEO's or outright hostility on this site.