ONE PERSON KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION

AURORA» One person was killed and two others were injured in a head-on crash in Aurora early Saturday.

A little after 10 a.m., the driver of a Nissan Maxima traveling south on Peoria Street lost control of his vehicle, hit the curb and then drifted into the northbound lanes and collided head-on with a Jeep Wrangler, according to Sgt. William Revelle of the Aurora Police Department.

The passenger in the Nissan died. The driver of the Nissan was seriously injured and the driver of the Jeep suffered minor injuries. Aurora police said on their website Saturday afternoon that the injuries were not life-threatening. All three of the people involved are males, police said.

Witnesses accounts and roadway evidence indicated the cause of the crash was the Maxima’s high speed. No drugs or alcohol were present at the scene.

Road kill on rise in Colorado. FORT

COLLINS» The number of wild animals killed by vehicles is on the rise in Colorado.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says vehicles killed more than 4,600 deer on Colorado highways last year. That’s up from fewer than 3,000 in 2013.

The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported that 425 animals were killed by vehicles in the Denver metro area last year, up from 338 the year before.

Southwest and northwest Colorado had the most road kill last year, accounting for 60 percent of the 6,900 animals killed statewide.

Dead climber identified. » BOULDER

A Colorado rock climber who died after falling from the First Flatiron in Boulder has been identified.

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office said Friday that 31-year-old Erik Kleiber, of Boulder, died in the fall Thursday.

The death marks the second fatal fall from the formation this year, after a 17-year-old died while freesoloing the First Flatiron in August. Before that, no one had died because of an accidental fall on the Flatirons since 2008.

Navajo Nation buys Colorado ranch. ARIZ.» The Navajo

WINDOW ROCK, Nation says it has closed on the purchase of a large ranch in southcentral Colorado.

Tribal lawmakers approved the $23 million purchase this month.

Navajo President Russell Begaye said Friday the tribe will change the name of the 25½-square-mile Wolf Springs Ranch to a Navajo name.

The ranch is located in Huerfano and Custer counties in what is part of the tribe’s aboriginal homeland.