A road worker on US 50 driving a mini excavator was killed last week when a rock the size of a car fell on his machine, killing him instantly. Ricardo Batista, 69, was working on a project 30 miles east of Montrose and 30 miles west of Gunnison. This is an improvement project to the Little Blue Creek Canyon that has caused road closures since April.
Emergency responders worked to reach Batista and …
