Tag: Car Crash
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Firestone car crash leaves woman in critical condition
A woman was critically injured in a car crash in Firestone and her family is trying to raise financial support. Shelley Ibarra was involved in a collision May 26 that left her with injuries including internal bleeding, 11 broken ribs, a broken pelvis and a broken ankle, her daughter told The Denver Gazette. The crash…
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Colorado Springs may be sued for faulty intersection, state Supreme Court rules
The Colorado Supreme Court decided last month that Colorado Springs can be sued over a collision that occurred as a result of traffic lights that were functioning normally in one direction, but were inoperative in the perpendicular direction. The question for the Supreme Court was whether the traffic arrangement provided “conflicting” signals to plaintiff Bernard…
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1 killed in two-vehicle crash in Greenwood Village Monday
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Greenwood Village on Monday that closed Belleview Drive for about four hours. The crash, which occurred just before noon Monday, was at the intersection of Belleview and University Avenue, a spokesperson for the Cherry Hills Village Police Department said Tuesday. Belleview was closed in the westbound…
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Man arrested on suspicion of DUI after fatal car crash in Brighton on U.S. 85
A man was arrested on multiple charges, including driving under the influence after he killed one and hospitalized several others in a vehicle crash on U.S. 85 in Brighton on Saturday night. Erik Diaz Olivas, 20, was arrested and booked into the Weld County Jail in connection with charges of a DUI, vehicular homicide, reckless…
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Colorado State Patrol finds car last driven by missing woman near Timnath
Colorado State Patrol troopers found a car near Timnath Thursday afternoon they believe was last driven by a woman who has been missing since November. The car, a black 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan, was found submerged in a canal off the east side of Larimer County Road 1 around 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a news…
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One killed in Friday night multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 near downtown
One person died after multiple motorists crashed into one another on northbound Interstate 25 Friday night. The crash, which took place just north of downtown Denver near 44th Avenue, killed one person but there were no other serious injuries, the Denver Police Department said on social media around 9 p.m. Friday. The person who died…
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Aurora man arrested after allegedly running red light, killing driver Saturday
Police arrested an Aurora man after he allegedly ran a red light and killed another driver early Saturday morning. Cornelius Thomas, 41, faces vehicular homicide charges after he allegedly hit a Chevy Cruze at the intersection of East Jewell Avenue and South Peoria Street while driving a Chevy Tahoe around 2 a.m. Saturday, the Aurora…
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Teen dead, five injured after crash near Burlington Wednesday morning
A rear-end collision at an intersection just north of Burlington in eastern Colorado killed a 17-year-old boy and injured five others Wednesday morning. The crash, which took place just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, occurred at the intersection of U.S. 385 and Kit Carson County Road X when a 21-year-old female driver of a Jeep rear…
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CSP seeks help to find black Volvo involved in hit-and-run on U.S. 285 near Jefferson
Colorado State Patrol (CSP) is asking the public for help finding a car that fled the scene of a hit-and-run incident resulting in serious injuries on southbound U.S. Highway 285 near Jefferson, Colorado on Sunday night. The car, which authorities believe to be a 2011-2014 black Volvo S60 with temporary license plate tags and possible…
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Aurora police stress traffic safety after two fatal weekend crashes
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Aurora Police Department officials reminded drivers on Tuesday to be safe on the road after two fatal crashes that occurred over the weekend, one that killed a 12-year-old boy on his scooter. The first of the two crashes occurred just after 10 a.m. Saturday at the corner of East Iliff Avenue and South Wheel Park…