Brother Jack Carey was killed in an accident in Colorado on Friday July 17th. He was hit by a pickup while “mountain biking” on a road in the mountains of Colorado. He was a celebrity in Telluride for many years and was well known.
He was the pledgemaster for my class in March of 1970 at 69 Davis Street. Army veteran, KSC grad, HS teacher, husband, straight as an arrow. He moved to Colorado to ski. Became a world class hang glider pilot among other things. God rest his soul.
from Brother Tom Philbin
Thirty-year local “Captain” Jack Carey was killed on Friday afternoon atop Lizard Head Pass while biking when he strayed from his lane and into traffic. He was 64 years old.
San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said Carey was cycling with his wife, Monica, on Friday afternoon. Carey turned around to look at Monica and drifted into the path of a truck coming up behind him, Masters said.
He was killed within “seconds,” according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. The accident occurred around 1 p.m.
The longtime and long-bearded local with a chowder-thick New England accent made his home high up in Ophir, where he’d ski and hike the peaks ringing the valley. He leaves behind Monica and his daughter, Jill Curtis, of Salt Lake City.
But in stories across town on Thursday, the Captain lived on. He was a hang-gliding champion and dyed-in-the-wool-sock skier. Someone who poached first chairs of the season and tended a simple garden.
“Anybody who’s been here for any amount of time knew Jack,” Masters said. “He was a local character.”
The Colorado State Patrol was investigating the scene all afternoon on Friday, but the agency’s accident report is not expected until Monday. …
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