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2 Colorado Dispatchers Killed
We are deeply saddened by any loss in the 9-1-1 profession but the notice below is a double loss.
Last night 2 Elbert County Colorado Dispatchers were killed on their way home from work. PLEASE take the time to send a card of condolence or maybe a small gift that expresses love and caring. See below for the address and details:
Victims ID'd in 5-car wreck on Hwy. 24 Colo Springs Gazette News
March 17, 2008 - 10:00AM - THE GAZETTE
Two Elbert County Sheriff's Office dispatchers on their way home from work were killed Sunday in a five-vehicle wreck east of Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon. The victims have been identified as Richard Rockwell, 56, and Todd Sielaff, 45, both of Simla, the Colorado State Patrol said.
An investigation by the State Patrol found 38-year-old Donald Massmann caused the wreck when he tried to pass another vehicle in heavy fog on eastbound Colorado Highway 24, about three miles west of Calhan.
Massmann was headed east at about 50 mph when he pulled into the westbound lane to pass a camper that was towing a vehicle behind it. Visibility was about 100 feet because of freezing fog and light snow, the state patrol said in a statement.
Massmann swerved to avoid a westbound tractor-trailer, but his pickup clipped the left front of the truck and was sent spinning off the north side of the highway. The collision damaged one of the tractor-trailer' s tires, and it careened into the eastbound lane, smashing into vehicles driven by 48-year-old Terry Jaques of Limon, Rockwell and Sielaff. Jaques was unhurt.
The tractor-trailer driver, 51-year-old Stanley Strock of Wooster, Ohio, complained of chest pain but was otherwise unhurt.
Massmann is being held without bond at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.
Elbert County 9-1-1 Contact info:
Elbert County Sheriffs Office Communications Center
Steven West, Director
751 Ute Avenue
Kiowa, Colorado 80117Sheriffs Admin: 303-621-2027
Comm Center: 303-621-2030
Fax: 303-805-6159
Kevin Willett
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