DENVER — Three people died Saturday morning when two airplanes collided over Boulder County and crashed, according to the sheriff’s office.
Just before 9 a.m., emergency responders received calls about two planes colliding in midair east of Niwot, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Two separate crash sites were found.
One plane crashed near the 10,000 block of Niwot Road on the south side, the sheriff’s office said. Two people onboard were dead. The other downed plane was found in the 9,700 block of Niwot Road on the north side. The pilot of the plane was dead.