Rocky
Mountain News, June 30, 2005
JEFFERSON
COUNTY
Broomfield
cyclist killed; driver arrested
A
bicyclist was killed Wednesday after a motorist allegedly struck him on Coal
Creek Canyon Road southwest of Rocky Flats and then fled.
The
bicyclist, Anthony Brandolino, 37, of Broomfield, was flown by helicopter to St.
Anthony Central Hospital, where he died from his injuries, the Colorado State
Patrol said.
Troopers
arrested Robert Gwizdalski a short time after the incident.
He was
being detained late Wednesday on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident,
and also may face other felony criminal counts, troopers said.
Brandolino
was riding his bicycle about 7:40 p.m. on the shoulder of Coal Creek Canyon Road
about a mile west of Colorado 93, troopers said. Gwizdalski was driving a 1993
Chevrolet Blazer. |