One of at least seven victims of rock-throwing incidents in Colorado, the last of which took the life of a 20-year-old woman, is sharing his story.
April 25, 2023, 5:09 PMRide share driver Nathan Tipton speaks to reporters on April 25, 2023. Tipton was one of at least seven victims of rock throwing incidents in Colorado, the last of which took the life of a 20-year-old woman.Nathan Tipton, a Lyft and Uber driver, had just finished driving a customer when, around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, he was driving southbound on Highway 93 and heard what "sounded like a shotgun blast," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Tipton then took a closer look at the driver's side sliding glass door of his Chrysler minivan and said he saw "both those windows got shattered out -- from what I imagine was a rock hitting my window."Tipton said he reported it to police and officers responded and took photos. "When I found out that this series of events actually took a young lady's life, I feel for Alexa and her family. It put me in a bit of a shock. My wife, it really got to her," he said.
About 30 minutes after Tipton's car was struck, around 10:45 p.m., 20-year-old Alexa Bartell was driving when someoneAlexa Bartell, 20, was fatally struck by a large rock while driving near Denver, Colorado.In the hour before Bartell was killed, six other cars in the area had rocks thrown at them, according to the sheriff's office. In two of those incidents the drivers suffered minor injuries.
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