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California man dies on Colorado Trail

53-year-old was with group at beginning of mountain-biking trip

A 53-year-old man from Berkeley, California, died at the beginning of a mountain-biking trip on the Colorado Trail on Sunday morning.

San Juan County Coroner Keri Metzler said Charles Teller, 53, was about 15 minutes into a planned ride of the entire trail with a group of about eight cyclists when he stopped to take a photograph.

“He got off to take a photograph, and when we was walking back to his bike, he collapsed to the ground,” Metzler said.

Flight For Life was called, but Metzler said Teller did not make it.

A cause of death will not be determined until an autopsy is completed later this week, Metzler said.

patrick@durangoherald.com



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