Vehicle collides with bull elk on highway near Kerr Gulch, Golden CO
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TrafficA vehicle struck a bull elk on eastbound Highway 74 near Kerr Gulch, causing heavy front-end damage. Authorities contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife for assistance with the animal. The vehicle involved was a maroon Subaru Outback with a driver and a passenger.
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We are out of the lanes of travel, we are still blocking the on-ramp lane, Kerr Gulch, to eastbound Highway 74.
00:10
Coming on to all back.
00:12
Heavy front-end damage.
00:23
Plus 35 and zero will be about one hour to get there.
00:26
Number one out of two.
00:27
Zero four three.
00:28
Good.
00:31
As a result of this crash is a five-by-five bull elk.
00:36
Can you just advise Colorado Parks and Wildlife? See if they have a wildlife officer.
00:39
They can come out and pick this up.
00:41
Break.
00:45
If they're not available, I do have shot out here and they'd be willing to take it so it's off the side of the road.
00:50
If you could just advise on if they have an answer on that, then can you copy the vehicle one?
01:00
Out of Colorado, Boy, Frank, Nora, Henry 95 on a Maroon Subaru Outback.
01:09
The bike excursion on 6-126, that's right.
01:17
Okay.
01:23
William Young, Mary, Adam, Nora, First of Brent,
01:27
Boy Robert Edward Edward, Nora, Nora Tom, Middle Initial Boy, Data Board (number withheld).
01:33
And can you break for a passenger?
01:39
Edward, Nora, David Adam,
01:42
Fumel, Claiming Holding, Colorado, with the date of birth of 1212 of 1959.
01:48
Do it,
01:52
the case number?
01:56
Case number is 3370, 3370.
02:00
I copy 3370, thank you.
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CO-74, Golden, CO
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