Colorado man dies in rafting accident, another man missing [Video]

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado man is dead and another man is still missing after a rafting accident Saturday afternoon in Grand County.

The Grand County Sheriff’s office said the accident happened on the Colorado River in the Yarmony Rapids area of the Colorado River, southwest of Kremmling.

A 911 call came in at about 3:40 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a man not breathing on the Colorado River, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Once on scene, first responders said they learned there had been a rafting accident, and a bystander was performing CPR.

The 56-year-old man was pronounced dead later by EMS personnel.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said they learned another man was still missing after the raft capsized. Emergency responders utilized additional rafts, ground crews, unmanned aerial systems and a Union Pacific Railroad Hi-Rail to search the river and surrounding area for the 61-year-old man, but were unable to locate him.

The identities of the two men …