Automobile Accidents

• Freak accident kills Colorado Springs man

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  News First 5/30 reported this week that a freak motor vehicle accident in a garage killed a man in his 60s last weekend. The man was reportedly helping to direct his friend in backing a pickup truck into the garage, when the friend's foot slipped off the brake, hitting the gas full force. As a result, the car pinned the man agains the garage wall, severing his legs. Thought he was rushed to...

• Move over law improves safety on side of road

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Colorado law enforcement officials and emergency personnel risk their lives every day when they're pulled over on the side of the road to clock speeders or help people. That's why Governor Bill Ownes and the state legislature passed the "move over law" two years ago.The law says that motorists must move vehicles over a lane when passing emergency personnel or police on the side of the road. This...

• Bicycle-Car Collision in Windsor Leaves Cyclist Critically Injured

  Margaret Embry | July 28, 2009 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  According to The Coloradoan, on July 14th an 18-year old Windsor man struck a 53-year old bicyclist on Crossroads Boulevard, leaving the cyclist in critical condition. The driver has since been...

• Eads Car Accident Kills Four

  Shannon Weidemann | May 28, 2008 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A car accident near Eads has killed four people and injured three on Friday. A car carrying four people tried to go around a tractor trailer on Colorado 287 and hit a minivan head on. The patrol...

• Two Killed in Colorado Springs Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2008 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Two people and a dog were killed in a late night car accident on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs. The driver of one car was driving in the wrong direction on the interstate and fleeing the police. He hit another car head on, killing the driver of that car and her dog. Police are investigating whether alcohol played a role in the crash, which happened at 12:30 Tuesday morning. Northbound...

• Child Killed at Car Wash in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | July 25, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A 20-month-old boy was killed at a car wash in Colorado Springs on Saturday. He was playing outside of his car while his father was vacuuming it. A truck hit the boy when he stepped in front of it.Greco's family was at M&M Car Wash on Bula Drive when he was hit. Police say his father was cleaning the car when the accident happened and his mother and another child were nearby.Greco was taken to...

• Lower Speeds on I-70?

  April Armani | July 09, 2007 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Change of speed limit on I-70?Change might be a brewing in Eagle County where several Eagle County officials want to lower the speed limits on I-70, east of Vail. The Eagle County Public Safety Counsel has asked the Colorado Department of Transportation to consider lowering the speed limit from 75 mph to 65 mph between Edwards and Eagle. A study by the Eagle County Department of Health and...

• Go-Cart Driver Causes Accident in Grand Junction

  Shannon Weidemann | April 30, 2007 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  A man driving a go-cart through the streets of Grand Juction while he was holding a beer caught the attention of police. They tried to stop the man, but he would not stop and led them on a go-cart speed chase. He drove down alleys and around buildings. The man reportedly caused an accident when he pulled onto one street, and made a car swerve and hit something. It wasn't clear what the car...

• Semi-Truck Broadsides Car, Killing Woman

  Christina Cole | April 04, 2007 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A woman, 72, lost her life after a semi-truck broadsided her car at a city intersection.Fort Collins Police said, the car accident happened at the intersection of Carpenter Road and South Lemay Avenue. The semi-truck driver, 24, was traveling westbound on Carpenter Road when the semi broadsided the Nissan, said police. The Nissan was heading southbound on Lemay Avenue.The intersection is...

• Seat belt law toughens in Eagle County

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Deadly Colorado motor vehicle accidents have prompted lawmakers in Eagle County to make their seat belt laws the toughest in the state, an article from the Denver Post said yesterday. Now law enforcement officers can pull over and fine drivers simply because they aren't wearing seatbelts.The Eagle County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to put a law into effect imposing a $25 fine on...