Helen Betancourt, 44, Salida was cited with failure to grant right of way when turning left after she struck James Powell, 48, Howard about 4:50 p.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. 50 and G Street, Sergeant Lance Cliff of the Salida Police Department said.
Cliff said Powell was in the right hand lane heading west on U.S. 50 when Betancourt began to pull out of G Street. Powell said he saw her, and moved into the left lane, but both vehicles collided head on.
Betancourt spun 90 degrees and came to rest in the left hand lane of U.S. 50. Powell went across both eastbound lanes and came to rest of the eastbound shoulder.
After 25 years in the emergency department at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Dr. Bruce Gross has hung up his emergency room stethoscope and retired.
Gross spent his first three years as a doctor as a general practitioner in Payson, Arizona. From there he moved to Goodland, Kansas where he was in general practice for seven years.
He transferred to emergency work in Carlsbad, New Mexico for four years before making the move to Salida.
Gross started his emergency room work in Salida at the old hospital, now the Touber building, where he said the emergency department consisted of one room with three beds and a nurseâs desk, curtains dividing the space between the beds.
Chaffee County Public Health along with several community stakeholders and subject matter experts will host a virtual town hall to provide updates and address concerns about current trends of COVID-19 at noon Friday, on Facebook Live and Zoom.Â
Public health will be joined by representatives from Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners, Chaffee County Emergency Medical Services, Solvista Health and the Buena Vista and Salida school districts.
Topics will include the latest with the COVID-19 vaccine and distribution plans, the state and countyâs dashboards, the countyâs overall healthcare system, mental health issues, economic support resources and the Chaffeeâs Got HEART campaign.
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