Denver’s pioneering effort to send mental health clinicians and paramedics to answer some 911 calls instead of police officers now has a proven result.

The skier found dead in a field of snow and debris on Sunday triggered the 400-foot-wide avalanche that swept him to his death, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

A boater and a dog died Friday on Lake Pueblo after a fishing boat capsized, sending the sole survivor swimming for shore, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Holy Ghost Church in Denver has recovered two statues that were stolen from the building’s facade last week, but they are damaged, said Rev. Paul Nguyen on Friday.

The utility initially said 43,000 customers could be impacted, but in a Friday afternoon release, said that they had reduced the number that could be affected. The release did not say why they reduced the number, and the possible public safety shutoff zones shown on the utility’s online outage map did not appear to have changed.

“I deeply regret what happened. I was not the only one hurt by my actions.”

A bus driver for Jeffco Public Schools