{"id":797854,"date":"2019-07-22T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369021"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:45:53","slug":"whitewater-tuber-dies-on-re-opened-clear-creek-west-of-golden-18th-death-or-disappearance-on-colorado-waterways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/whitewater-tuber-dies-on-re-opened-clear-creek-west-of-golden-18th-death-or-disappearance-on-colorado-waterways\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitewater tuber dies on re-opened Clear Creek west of Golden, 18th death or disappearance on Colorado waterways"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/TDP-L-Coors-River-Rescue-_HHR7353.JPG2_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/TDP-L-Coors-River-Rescue-_HHR7353.JPG2_.jpg 795w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/TDP-L-Coors-River-Rescue-_HHR7353.JPG2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/TDP-L-Coors-River-Rescue-_HHR7353.JPG2_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\"><figcaption><strong>Clear Creek runs through downtown and past Coors Brewing Company on July 1, 2019 in Golden.<\/strong><br \/><em>Helen H. Richardson \/ The Denver Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A man in his 20s died Sunday night after falling off the rubber tube he was riding through whitewater currents along Clear Creek in a mountain canyon west of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Fire Chief Alicia Welch said rescuers tried for more than an hour to revive the man before pronouncing him dead around 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>It was at least the 18th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/07\/07\/dinosaur-monument-rafting-accident-update\/\">death or disappearance this year<\/a> on waterways around Colorado as rafters and others head to the mountains for recreation.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy snow in the Rocky Mountains last winter has led to high flows along rivers, where more and more people go for rafting and tubing.<\/p>\n<p>Golden and Jefferson County rescuers were notified around 5:35 p.m. Sunday that a man had gone missing after tubing on Clear Creek. Racing to the scene, the rescuers began a search and found the man around 7:10 p.m., Welch said.<\/p>\n<p>He was unconscious. Paramedics attempted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for more than an hour, she said. No other information on the man was made available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/07\/21\/whitewater-tuber-dies-clear-creek-golden-colorado-waterways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read the full story on The Denver Post. (opens in a new tab)\">Read the full story on The Denver Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/whitewater-tuber-dies-on-re-opened-clear-creek-west-of-golden-18th-death-or-disappearance-on-colorado-waterways\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Creek runs through downtown and past Coors Brewing Company on July 1, 2019 in Golden.Helen H. Richardson \/ The Denver Post A man in his 20s died Sunday night after falling off the rubber tube he was riding through whitewater currents along Clear Creek in a mountain canyon west of Denver. 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