Boulder Sheriff Responds To 2 Deaths

BOULDER, CO – The Boulder County Sheriff's emergency personnel responded to two deaths on county open space on Sunday, the office reported. Neither death was a danger to the public, the agency said.

Around 9 a.m., the office responded to a 911 call about a car engulfed in flames parked near the Boulder Rifle Club in the 4900 block of North 26th Street to the north of the city. Boulder Rural Fire Department firefighters arrived and extinguished the flames, where they found "charred human remains" in the driver's seat of the vehicle. Investigators from the sheriff's department and the county coroner's office made an initial determination that the body in the car, parked dirt two-track access road on Open Space land, was a Boulder man age 64.

Authorities did not identify the man, pending notification of family members.

Unresponsive hiker, 62, found

The second death case Sunday was called into the 911 center around 1 p.m., when hikers near Camp Dick found an "unresponsive" male, age 62, alone on a hiking trail. Hikers had made their way about "10 minutes up the Middle St. Vrain Trail," when they found the man, the sheriff's office said.

Boulder County sheriff’s deputies, Allenspark Fire and Estes Park Ambulance responded, and Rocky Mountain Rescue personnel tried to revive the man, with no success. An initial investigation indicates the man "died of medical related issues," the sheriff's office said. There were no indications of foul play.

Again, the name of the deceased man was not released pending notification his family.

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