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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Snowboard instructor dies in Summit County crash

Bess Rosenfeld, 29, died in collision on icy Highway 9

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado - A 29-year-old snowboard instructor died in Blue River in Summit County, Colorado on Saturday morning after her four-door sedan swerved over some ice on Highway 9 and collided with an oncoming dump truck, according to Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson.

Bess Rosenfeld, an instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, was driving north-bound when her vehicle was T-boned and pushed about 420 feet south.

The accident occurred at about 8:35 a.m. and she was dead on impact, according to Richardson.

She was taken to Breckenridge Medical Center and pronounced dead at 9:25 a.m. Her parents live in Connecticut.

Robert Allen can be contacted at (970) 668-4628 or rallen@summitdaily.com.


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