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Police and firefighters recover a body stuck in a ventilation shaft Thursday in Wildhorse Marketplace. The 49-year-old man died when climbing in through the roof.

Police and firefighters recover a body stuck in a ventilation shaft Thursday in Wildhorse Marketplace. The 49-year-old man died when climbing in through the roof. Photo by Matt Stensland

Steamboat Springs — A 49-year-old electrician from Aurora died early Thursday morning after getting stuck in the ventilation system of an unopened Wildhorse Marketplace restaurant.

Police say Micheal Good­speed and two other workers were spending the night inside Bombay Grill, a new Indian restaurant that was scheduled to hold a private opening party tonight.

The men were hired by the restaurant’s owners to finish some work on the building, said Lisa Gill, Bombay Grill’s manager and the daughter of the restaurant’s owners.

Capt. Bob DelValle, of the Steamboat Springs Police Dep­artment, said the three workers went to bars Wednesday evening and became separated. When Goodspeed returned, he apparently was unable to enter the restaurant and tried to climb through a ventilation shaft from the roof into the kitchen.

Police said Goodspeed en­­tered the vent feet-first. Because the vent tapers near its bottom, he became wedged, Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg said. Ryg said an autopsy is planned for today, but it appears Goodspeed died of positional asphyxiation caused by the narrow opening.

“He was really in an awkward position … one arm up and one down,” Ryg said. “He couldn’t get any traction.”

Fellow worker Geraro Por­tillo said that when he awoke Thursday morning about 8 a.m., he found Goodspeed’s feet and legs hanging from a vent opening in the kitchen. Portillo said he ran across the street to Amante Coffee. Amante owner Brent Langevin then called police.

It took Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue workers and police officers about 30 minutes to extricate Goodspeed from the ventilation using a five-pulley system held by a fire truck ladder.

DelValle said witnesses reported seeing Goodspeed outside the restaurant at about midnight, and Ryg estimates he became stuck in the vent about 1 or 2 a.m. Thursday.

The opening date of the restaurant has been delayed, Gill said. The private party now is scheduled for March 29. A public opening is scheduled for the following day.

“We just want to do it … out of respect for the family and for what happened,” Gill said.

DelValle said it appears Goodspeed had been in town only a couple of days. DelValle said there is “no good criminal law” against the workers sleeping in the restaurant overnight, although it likely violates city code. Gill said workers do not sleep in the restaurant, but may have been napping as they attempted to complete their work overnight.

Gill said she brought Good­speed’s mother into town this afternoon, and funeral arrangements are pending.

Submitted on 03/20/2009

Submitted by: Mark Louden
Reference: Steamboat Pilot, March 20, 2009

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Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks, Mark, but this sort of thing is just too common. We've gotten lots of stories of crooks, homeowners, etc. getting stuck trying to climb through vents, down chimneys, in windows, etc. and suffocating as a result.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
What Bruce said.


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