Charges still have not been formally filed in the fatal southern Colorado crash involving former Boulder Mayor Bob Greenlee, the Colorado State Patrol said Wednesday.
Officials said earlier this year that charges in the case are “forthcoming,” but officials said a meeting between state patrol investigators and the 12 Judicial District Attorney’s Office to discuss the case had to be rescheduled.
Colorado State Patrol Trooper Nate Reid confirmed that charges have not been filed yet as of Wednesday.
Initial reports from the state patrol indicated that Greenlee was at fault in the Dec. 28 five-vehicle crash that killed Pat Lucero, 70, of Monte Vista, and left Greenlee and his wife hospitalized with critical injuries.
Investigators said Greenlee was driving a 2003 Cadillac Escalade westbound on U.S. 160 between Walsenburg and Alamosa when he shifted into the oncoming lane to pass a vehicle, and struck Lucero’s 2010 Toyota Camry.
The Camry then hit a tractor-trailer before crossing into the highway’s westbound lanes and striking a 2006 Kia Spectra. The Escalade continued westbound and hit an eastbound BMW X5 head-on, causing the BMW to roll onto its side, according to investigators.
Lucero was pronounced dead at the scene, while Greenlee and his wife, Diane, were taken to a hospital along with several other people involved in the crash.
Mitchell Byars: 303-473-1329, byarsm@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/mitchellbyars.
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