Teen Dies In Homecoming Parade Accident
Paul Day
Reporting
(CBS4/AP) WESTCLIFFE, Colo. The town of Westcliffe is mourning the death of a teen who was injured during a high school homecoming parade Saturday.
Custer County High School canceled its homecoming game and dance after the accident.
County officials say Courtney Curtis, 15, tried to climb aboard a float built on a flatbed trailer and fell under the trailer's back wheels.
"She was trying to get on between the trailer and the tractor portion of the float … and her feet slipped," Sheriff Fred Jones said. "This has bothered me a lot and I've seen a lot in my career, but this has bothered me more than most of them."
She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
"She was a happy girl lots and lots of friends." Principal Barb Jones said. "She was a quiet student, but very well loved."
Custer County High School has canceled classes for Monday.
Grief counselors will be on hand when school resumes.
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