Automobile Accidents

• Metal-Laced County Roads Blow Tires And Minds

  Staff Writer | April 20, 2006 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  If you've blown some tires recently driving along Geary Dome Road near Casper, you're not alone. Natrona County paved the road with gravel from the demolished Amoco refinery site in Casper, but Amoco failed to remove bits of metal from the crushed concrete. The bits of metal are ruining tires, and the county is now trolling the road with a magnet donated by Amoco, trying to pick up the bits of...

• Fatigue as Cause of Accidents

  Staff Writer | April 13, 2006 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Colorado ranks sixth in U.S. for fatalities from drowsy driving; Wyoming ranks number one, according to a recent article in the Rocky Mountain NewsThe federal government has conservatively estimated that about 100,000 crashes a year are caused by driver fatigue, resulting in 71,000 people being injured and 1,500 fatalities. But safety officials said those figures are probably low because of the...

• Cell Phones while Driving

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2006 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Can you drive safely and use your cell phone?At any moment of any day, 500,000 drivers of passenger vehicles are talking on handheld cell phones. Cell phones are, without a doubt, the latest, most visible, and most controversial source of driver in-attention. For a majority of motorists, seeing another driver talking on the phone is a red flag! Several states have introduced legislation to...

• Teen Traffic Deaths

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2006 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A recent early morning traffic accident claimed the life of a 17-year-old student at Cherry Creek Prep alternative school; his parents thought he was in bed asleep. A westbound car driven by Christopher Michael Thielen of Arapahoe County crossed into oncoming traffic and an eastbound motorist was hit; the 38-year-old woman was taken to Medical Center of Aurora South.The 48-year-old man driving a...

• I-70 accidents near Glenwood Springs involve seven vehicles, no injuries.

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  The GJ Sentinel reports that a series of accidents on a slick section of Interstate 70 west of Glenwood Springs involved seven vehicles and closed the eastbound lanes for a short time Wednesday morning but caused no injuries, according to the Colorado State Patrol.Click here to see the full article

• 75-Year Old Woman killed in crash near Mesa Mall

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2006 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Anna Pitts, 75, was driving westbound on Patterson Road in a Honda Accord when her car was struck by a Ford F-350 pickup driving eastbound, said Sgt. Dave Oswalt of the Grand Junction Police Department. The Daily Sentinel reported that the driver of the pickup truck was not considered to be at fault and was not cited.Click to see the full text of the Car Accident article.

• 51-year old bicyclist killed crossing Sheridan Boulevard

  Staff Writer | February 01, 2006 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to the Rocky Mountain News article by Felix Doligosa, Jr., the victim died at the scene of the accident after being hit by a southbound truck in the 3300 block of South Federal.Read the entire accident article.

• More Ford Defective Products: Spark Plugs Spit

  Staff Writer | January 27, 2006 9:09 AM | 1 CommentDenver, CO

  ConsumerAffairs.com today discussed a problem with Ford F-series trucks. Apparently the engines don't like the taste of their spark plugs and are spitting them out.The website says they have received more than a dozen complaints already this year, and the issue involves vehicles from the model years 1999-2004.A federally mandated recall would have devastating financial implications for Ford...

• Year In Jail For Man In Car / Bike Accident

  Staff Writer | January 06, 2006 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Richard Hilton of Pagosa Springs will spend a year in jail for a car accident that killed a girl who was riding her bike on Highway 50 in Delta. The girls mother was also seriously injured in the accident.Hilton reportedly fell asleep at the wheel when his car veered off the road onto the shoulder and struck 10-year-old Samantha Carlson and her mother Lorry in August. He pleaded guilty to two...

• Red Light Runners Beware!

  April Armani | August 13, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Did you know that red light runners cause more than 100,000 crashes per year? This is why this week is National Stop on Red Week What measures are being taken to slow those inclined to run red lights? The city of Aurora has operated eight red lights for about a year and a half. Major intersections are down 33% at intersections with the red light cameras and 60% percent at the intersection of...