Jim Crown Obituary – Race Car Accident: Owner of Aspen Skiing Co., dies in crash at Aspen Motorsports Park | Get to know Jim Crown children & wife.
Owner of Aspen Skiing Co. and a 70-year-old businessman, socialite, and member of the wealthy Crown family, James “Jim” Crown was killed in an accident on Sunday at the Aspen Motorsports Park near Woody Creek.
He hit an impact barrier at the member-owned country club motorsports facility, according to the Pitkin County Coroner’s Office.
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, the Colorado State Patrol, and the coroner’s office are all looking into the collision. According to a State Patrol spokesman, the organization was alerted to the location at around 2:45 p.m.
“The official cause of death is pending autopsy although multiple blunt force trauma is evident,” the coroner’s office said in a news release. “The manner is accident.”
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