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Off-Duty Deputy Killed In Crash In Grand County Identified

GRANBY, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of an off-duty sheriff's deputy who was killed in a crash in Grand County.

The county's Office of Emergency Management identified the deputy Wednesday as 30-year-old Alycia Riggs. She is survived by a 3-year-old daughter and a large extended family.

Emergency crews responded to the crash on U.S. Highway 34 just before 6 a.m. Tuesday and found Riggs critically injured. She died at a hospital about two hours later.

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The circumstances of the crash and how many vehicles were involved have not been released.

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Before joining the Grand County Sheriff's Office in September, Riggs was a member of the Sterling Police Department and the Adams State University Police Department.

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