Missing rafter from 2024 found in Colorado River a year later
The Grand County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday that a missing rafter from 2024 has been found in the Colorado River. On June 1, 2024 at 3:40 p.m., the Grand County Communications Center received a text to 911 reporting a person was not breathing on the Colorado River in Gore Canyon, which is southwest of Kremmling, according to a media release. Multiple agencies initially responded to the area due to the report being on the Grand/Eagle County line. Further reports from the scene received by a Garmin device reported that there had been a rafting accident and that a bystander was performing CPR on a man who was later pronounced deceased by EMS workers, the release says. Additionally, there was another man who was still missing following the accident after the raft capsized, according to the sheriff's office. Emergency responders used rafts, ground crews, drones and a Union Pacific Railroad Hi-Rail to search the river and surrounding area for the missi...