Procession honors pilot who died in air tanker crash while fighting Kruger Rock Fire

  • Source: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver
  • Published: 11/22/2021 07:39 AM

VIDEO: Many organizations in Colorado held a procession today for Marc Thor Olson, the pilot who was killed when his single engine-air tank crash while fighting the Kruger Rock Fire near Estes Park last Tuesday. The Fort Morgan Police Department, Morgan County Sheriff's Office, Brush Police Department, Colorado State Patrol, Morgan County Ambulance Service, Morgan County 911, Wiggins Fire Department, Fort Morgan Fire Department, Brush Fire Department and the Hillrose-Snyder Fire Department helped to escort Olson's body to Heer Mortuary in Fort Morgan. The planned route for the procession started on Highway 34 from Loveland and then went through Greeley to Interstate 76 at Wiggins. Then it will proceed from Wiggins to I-76 east to the Highway 34 exit 75 into Fort Morgan on Platt Avenue.



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