Tag: Traffic Crime
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Increased DUI enforcement for Halloween to begin Friday
Additional patrols and DUI checkpoints are set to begin statewide Friday as officials prepare for increased impaired driving incidents over Halloween weekend, the Colorado Department of Transportation said. So far this year, 194 people have been killed in car crashes involving impaired drivers in Colorado, according to department data. That is a 15% increase from…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on I-70 in northwest Denver
A pedestrian was killed after he was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 in northwest Denver, according to the Denver Police Department. Police said the crash happened shortly after midnight Sunday on I-70 at North Pecos Street. The pedestrian, a man, was found suffering from serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.…
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Loveland driver arrested for suspected DUI after hitting, seriously injuring pedestrian
A driver was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after he struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday. The Loveland Police Department said the driver crashed into a 65-year-old man shortly before 5 a.m. while the man was crossing the street in the 300 block of Eisenhower Boulevard, near Dwayne Webster Veteran’s…
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14-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run in Aurora; teenage driver identified
A 14-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a vehicle in Aurora on Monday evening, the Aurora Police Department announced. Police said the hit-and-run happened just before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of Village Green Park at 1300 S. Chambers Circle, next to Gateway High School. Responding officers found the boy trapped…
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Wheat Ridge man arrested in connection to fatal pedestrian hit-and-run
A Wheat Ridge man was arrested in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Monday, the Wheat Ridge Police Department announced Thursday. Joshua Korosec, 49, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving death, according to court records. Korosec was taken into custody less than an hour after he fled…
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Aurora police: 3 dead, 2 injured after driver suffers apparent medical emergency, crashes into pedestrians
Three people were killed and two others were injured after a driver crashed into multiple pedestrians in Aurora on Wednesday afternoon, the Aurora Police Department said. Police said three pedestrians were walking on the sidewalk of East Iliff Avenue when they were struck by a white van going westbound about 1:12 p.m. near South Buckley Road. …
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72-year-old man killed in single-vehicle crash in Loveland
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 72-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Loveland on Tuesday afternoon, the Loveland Police Department announced. Police said the crash happened about 4 p.m. near West First Street and South Dotsero Drive,…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Wheat Ridge; driver arrested
A pedestrian was killed in Wheat Ridge on Monday after being struck by a driver who fled the scene of the crash, the Wheat Ridge Police Department said. Police said the crash happened at 1:15 p.m. at West 32nd Avenue and Youngfield Street. The pedestrian, identified only as a man, was taken to a hospital…
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Two Denver police officers injured in crash while responding to shooting
Two Denver police officers were seriously injured Saturday night after being involved in a crash while responding to a shooting, according to the Denver Police Department. Police said the officers were driving to East 22nd Avenue and Quebec Street just before 10 p.m. in response to a drive-by shooting that killed one person and injured…
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Motorcyclist killed in overnight crash on I-25 in Denver
A motorcyclist was killed early Wednesday morning after getting into a crash with another vehicle on Interstate 25, the Denver Police Department announced. Police said the man was riding his motorcycle north on I-25 just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. The motorcyclist was in the far-left lane when he allegedly attempted to cross multiple lanes to…