DENVER — A 70-year-old member of the Crown family that owns the Aspen Skiing Company died over the weekend in a vehicle crash on his birthday at the Aspen Motorsports Park.
James Crown, of Chicago, a part-time resident of Pitkin County, was killed in a single-vehicle accident Sunday at the racetrack in Woody Creek, a members-only facility where he was celebrating his birthday.
The vehicle Crown was driving hit a barrier, according to the Pitkin County coroner. Crown likely died from blunt force trauma, Chief Deputy Coroner Audra Keith said in a news release Sunday night.
The authorities were investigating. No other information was released.
Crown served as the chief executive of Henry Crown and Company, a multibillion-dollar enterprise that owns the Aspen Skiing Company.
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