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Cyclist crash fatality is first in monument (Grand Junction, Colo. Sentinel)

For the first time, a cyclist has died after crashing in Colorado National Monument, according to the National Park Service.

Stanley Dodson, 65, of Madison, Wis., died Sunday from injuries he suffered when he crashed his bicycle on Rim Rock Drive, according to a news release from the Park Service.

Madison retired this year as a zoology professor at the University of Wisconsin, said Jeff Hardin, chairman of the zoology department.