Westminster motorcycle rider dead after Boulder Canyon wreck
By Joe Rubino,Camera Staff Writer
Posted: 						  						10/20/2012 04:07:30 PM MDT
A  29-year-old Westminster man was killed Saturday when he crashed his  2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle into the side of car he was attempting  to pass and was then run over by another vehicle in Boulder Canyon,  officials say. 
At 3:40 p.m, the rider, whose identity has not  been released, was driving eastbound on Boulder Canyon Drive near mile  post 32 when he attempted to pass four cars on the two-lane road in a  no-passing zone, according to Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Mike Baker. 
The  rider tried to slip back into the eastbound lane between the first and  second car in line, but clipped the first car, according to  investigators. He fell off his motorcycle and landed in the westbound  lane where he was run over by an oncoming car, Baker said. 
The rider was not wearing a helmet, according to initial reports. He was declared dead at the scene. 
No  one else was hurt in the accident, Baker said, and the drivers of the  two other vehicles involved cooperated with investigators at the scene.   
Officials are investigating if alcohol or excessive speed played a role in the wreck. 
Boulder Canyon Drive was closed in both directions between Hurricane Hill and Sugarloaf Road for four hours after the accident.