DILLON, CO : Victims of Colorado Highway 9 crash on Friday, 30th August 2019

A family member identified Ben Mitton and Niki Gough as the victims of Friday’s head-on crash on Colorado Highway 9 near Blue River.

Laurie Richardson, Mitton’s aunt, remembered Ben on Monday as kind, caring and independent.

“Ben was a very kind soul, always in a good mood,” Richardson said. “He was happy. He was friendly.”

Mitton, 41, and his girlfriend, Gough, were killed when a suspected drunken driver hit their vehicle, causing it to roll. Mitton and Gough were ejected from the vehicle and died from their injuries. The woman who allegedly caused the crash was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and failure to drive in a designated lane.

A fourth generation Coloradan, Mitton was born in 1978 in Colorado Springs.

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