GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Authorities today released the name of a man who died in a one-car crash on Four Mile Road near Glenwood Springs over the weekend.
Shane Eric Minyard, 34, of California died Sunday at about 4:45 p.m. when the car he was driving went off the road about 3.2 miles south of Airport Road, the Colorado State Patrol reported.
Minyard was driving a 2000 Buick sedan that went off the road and down into a creek, where it came to rest on its wheels, partially submerged.
Minyard was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said a passenger left the scene and later was taken into custody by Garfield County sheriff’s deputies on outstanding warrants.
The accident’s cause remained under investigation, but alcohol use and speed are considered factors, the State Patrol said.
