Romney’s visit to Pueblo cancelled

Mitt Romney’s visit to Pueblo’s Weisbrod Aircraft Museum has been cancelled after a small plane crashed at the Pueblo Memorial Airport.

Pueblo police said that the experimental plane crashed around 9 a.m. Sunday.

There was one person on board and that person was killed in the crash.

Two runways have been shut down at the airport and Romney’s staff members have confirmed that his visit has been cancelled.

Romney had chosen Pueblo for his first campaign visit to Colorado since accepting the Republican nomination for president.

Romney had planned to make a campaign speech at Pueblo’s Weisbrod Aircraft Museum on Sunday afternoon.

Romney was last in Colorado on Aug. 2, when he spoke to a crowd in Golden.

Democratic President Barack Obama has made frequent appearances here in the last month. Obama was also in Golden, visiting on Thursday. He also made stops in Boulder and Fort Collins in recent weeks.

Colorado is seeing intense campaigning in part because early voting starts next month. Mail-in ballots will be sent Oct. 15, with early voting starting Oct. 22.