Automobile Accidents

• Two teens killed in crash with delivery truck

  April Armani | September 08, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  This blogger has stressed time and time again the importance of safe teen driving and awareness by those who operate trucks on the road. Unfortunately, crashes keep on happening. Case in point, a crash last night in Arvada between a car and a refrigerated delivery truck killed two high school students and injured two others. Arvada police found that a Mercury Sable was headed westbound on...

• Two Die in Colorado Tractor-Trailer Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 16, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A Colorado tractor-trailer crashed into part of a concrete pillar on I-70 in the early hours of August 15th, killing both occupants of the rig instantly and burning them so badly that the occupants of the cab were beyond identification.The tractor-trailer exploded into a fireball so explosive that it covered both sides of the interstate, forcing I-70 to be shut down until debris from the...

• 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...

• Car accident in Greely causes serious injuries

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A Tuesday night motor vehicle accident in west Greely caused serious injuries to a 32-year-old man and his 5-year-old son who were passengers in the car. A report from The Tribune said that the driver is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol while drivnig east on U.S. 34 and crashing into another car heading north on 83rd Avenue. The people in the other car involved in the accident...

• Man guilty of murder in fatal road rage case

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  MyFoxColorado.com reported yesterday that a jury found a man guilty of vehicular homicide in a road rage case. More than one year ago, Jason Reynolds pulled his car in front of another vehicle on the E-470 toll road and slammed on his brakes. His actions, characterized as road rage, caused a three-car accident and two deaths. If you or someone you know has been involved in a motor vehicle...

• Overturned snowplow blocks I-70 at Aspen Pass

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  In Summit County yesterday, a snowplow accident on Interstate 70 blocked westbound traffic near milepost 195. The snowplow reportedly tipped over on the median near Copper Mountain. After both westbound lanes of the highway were shut down to clear the accident, traffic was backed up six miles for a couple of hours.

• More cars collide with wildlife

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Check out an interesting article in The Coloradoan out of Fort Collins today addressing the increasing numbers of wildlife-related motor vehicle accidents. The article estimates that more than 1.5 million wildlife-vehicle accidents occur nationally each year, and cause 161 human fatalities. In Colorado alone, these wildlife accidents have increased about 300 percent in the last 10 years. Fall is...

• Motorist Crashes on Satellite Navigation Command

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 6:04 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said on Sunday. The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left," a spokesman said. "He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi...

• Snow storms bring mess of accidents

  Staff Writer | January 15, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Since early Sunday morning, snowfall has brought a mess of motor vehicle accidents to the Fort Collins area, along with many other parts of Colorado.An article from The Coloradoan reports on a number of accidents that fortunately did not result in any fatalities.Apparently Colorado State Troopers responded to more than 20 accident calls by 2 p.m. on Sunday. Some of the accidents were SUV...

• First-hand accounts of seatbelts saving lives

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  An article from Schreiver Air Force Base's Web site gives two accounts of airmen surviving terrible motor vehicle accidents recently because they were wearing seatbelts. An Army NCO assigned to North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., was involved in a multiple-vehicle pile-up Nov. 12 on Interstate 70 in Denver, according to an article that ran on...