Chad Abraham:
"...An Aspen man was arrested Wednesday at the Buttermilk ski area for allegedly speeding through a restricted parking lot with a security guard atop his vehicle.
Martin Horowitz, 66, faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault after the vehicle he was in slammed into a snowbank around 10:45 a.m., leaving the guard with a bloody nose.
Horowitz had spoken with the guard about the parking area, which because of the X Games that start today, is only open to buses and X Games personnel with passes, said deputy Alex Burchetta of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.
Horowitz failed to give the guard, who was standing near the front driver’s side tire, any room to escape before driving off. The man ended up on the hood of the defendant’s vehicle when he drove 120 feet before striking the snowbank, Burchetta said. The bloody nose came from the victim’s face hitting the windshield.
Burchetta said Horowitz, who was also cited for reckless driving, did not indicate why he sped away.
“He was on his way to go skiing,” the deputy said, adding Horowitz had a friend with him in the vehicle...."
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