Monday, August 17, 2009

Falling Boulder Kills Man in ColoradoRock Smashes Windshield; Wife Drives 3 Kids to Safety

A 45-year-old Missouri man died Friday afternoon when a boulder fell off a Colorado mountain and landed on his car, according to the Aspen Daily News.
Tom Murphy was driving his wife and three boys home to Kansas City following a weeklong vacation in Snowmass when the accident happened along Route 82 near Aspen. According to authorities, a boulder the size of a cooler fell off a mountain and crashed through the windshield of the family's SUV, hitting Murphy on the head and knocking him unconscious.

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