Tag: Crash
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Colorado acknowledges failure to begin parole revocation proceedings against man who caused fatal crash
State corrections officers failed to follow policy after they learned that Christopher Moore – the man at the center of a police chase and fatal crash on Tuesday – was arrested in June on felony charges nine days after he was paroled out of the Colorado prison system, 9NEWS Investigates has learned. That arrest should have triggered an…
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1 dead in Denver pedestrian crash Sunday
A pedestrian is dead following a crash involving a vehicle Sunday evening in Denver, causing various traffic delays in the area. The Denver Police Department responded to the crash around 10:30 p.m. in the area of West Center Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard — in the Westwood neighborhood of western Denver — according to a…
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Elderly motorcyclist dead after crash in Brighton Thursday afternoon
An 82-year-old motorcyclist died after she crashed her motorcycle on Interstate 76 in Brighton Thursday afternoon. Initial information indicates that the woman was riding eastbound on the interstate near Eagle Boulevard when she hit the center barrier and was thrown from the motorcycle just before 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a Friday news release from…
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Weld County deputy taken to hospital after vehicle hit by semi-truck Wednesday
A Weld County Sheriff’s Office deputy was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a semi-truck hit the deputy’s parked patrol vehicle. At approximately 4:13 a.m., the deputy was parked on the right shoulder behind an unoccupied Nissan Rogue, which was awaiting a tow after its driver was arrested for a DUI, when the deputy’s vehicle was hit…
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Suspect of vehicle break-ins dead after chase leads to fatal crash on U.S. 6 Tuesday
A 29-year-old male suspect who officials believe to have been involved in at least 25 vehicle break-ins across multiple counties over the past two weeks fatally crashed during a police chase on U.S. 6 Tuesday afternoon. After an extended chase that included multiple turnarounds on I-70, the suspect vehicle, a Chrysler Town and Country driving…
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Fatal semi-truck crash shuts down I-70 in Colorado
An early morning semi-truck crash proved fatal on Colorado’s I-70, shutting down westbound lanes near Silverthorne for an extended period of time. According to Colorado State Patrol, the crash took place at about 5:42 a.m. on October 12 between Silverthorne and the west side of the Eisenhower tunnel, involving one vehicle. A semi-truck went off…
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Aurora police arrest man who allegedly killed another driver during high-speed chase Thursday
Aurora Police Department officers arrested a man on felony charges Thursday on suspicion of killing another driver while trying to evade authorities during a high-speed chase. Don Mai Phan, 25 of Aurora, was booked into the Aurora Municipal Detention Center at around 7 p.m. Thursday and faces felony charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular eluding,…
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Man dead after hit by car while riding bicycle in Aurora on Wednesday
A man died Wednesday morning after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Aurora, Aurora police said. The man was riding his bicycle southbound on South Kittredge Way when a van, also traveling southbound on the roadway and where there is no bike lane, hit him from behind, according to a…
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Motorcyclist dies after crash into barrier, then hit by motorist on I-70 Wednesday night
A motorcyclist died overnight Thursday after crashing into the Interstate 70 eastbound center barrier and then hit by a vehicle traveling in the eastbound direction. Police first announced they were investigating the scene of a crash in the area of the I-70 and North Tennyson Street, the Denver Police Department said on social media just…
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Teen motorcyclist dead after crash in Aurora Wednesday afternoon
An 18-year-old died in the hospital after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing in Aurora Wednesday afternoon. The teen was riding the motorcycle on East Smoky Hill Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday when he lost control in a curve and crashed, the Aurora Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. He was taken…