A Ouray County Sheriffâs Office employee stands by while Ouray Mountain Rescue uses a rigging truck to hoist the victim of a motorcycle wreck up the side of a cliff on Engineer Pass on Sept. 20. A 55-year-old Castle Pines man died when he plunged off the side of the mountain. Photo courtesy Matt Hepp
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Motorcyclist killed on Engineer Pass
A 55-year-old motorcyclist from the Front Range was killed last week when he plunged off a cliff while he and a friend were riding up Engineer Pass, authorities said.
Ouray County Coroner Colleen Hollenbeck identified the victim as Forrest Smith of Castle Pines. Smith and his friend were about a mile up Engineer Pass Road from the U.S. Highway 550 turnoff when the accident happened the afternoon of Sept. 20, Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald said.
He said the friend was the lead rider and look...
