Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Teen Dies in Alcohol Related Car Crash(2)

  Linda Snyder | March 31, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, police say two 18-year old men had been drinking at a party before the vehicle they were riding in rolled early Saturday, killing one and critically injuring the other.Neither was wearing a seatbelt and both were ejected. The passenger, Evan Kinnan, died in the one-car crash on Woodmen Road, and the driver, Craig Milos, suffered severe head...

• Horrible Car Crash Kills Three

  April Armani | July 05, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A horrible motor vehicle collision has left a mother, father and son dead with another toddler injured. The crash happened south of E. Mississippi Avenue and S. Chambers Road around 11 pm last night. A red 2002 Ford F650 tow truck was headed northbound on Chambers and hit a 1997 Honda CRV traveling in the same direction. The two truck then crossed the center median where it hit a 2003 Nissan...

• New Colorado Insurance Law Effects Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  Linda Snyder | January 18, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Founding partners Kyle Bachus and Darin Schanker of Bachus & Schanker, LLC, recently worked with numerous others who advocate for Colorado consumers as well as the Colorado Senate in enacting a proposed bill in the field of auto insurance. As a result of all their hard work, this bill became a new Colorado Insurance Law that will impact your un-insured/under-insured motorist coverage...

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 18, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A mulitple car accident on the Hancock Expressway closed down the road early this morning. Police believe that two cars were involved including one that rolled over. Police believe another car may be involved in the accident but it apparently left the scene to bring some injured people to the hospital.Police are calling it a serious injury accident and have called out their Major Accidents...

• Arrow Stage Lines Crash Kills 8 Passengers

  Linda Snyder | January 07, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bus en route from Telluride, Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona crashed in southeastern Utah on Sunday, January 6th. The Utah Highway Patrol stated that the Arrow Stage Lines bus was southbound on State Route 163 when it went off the wet road and rolled numerous times. The crash killed 8 passengers and injured 20 others. There were about 56 seats and 51 passengers on the bus, all returning from a...

• Motor vehicle safety tips for winter weather

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 10:00 AM | 1 CommentColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  News Channel 13's web site put out a helpful list of safety tips for motorists and others this winter during their "Winter Weather Awareness Week." The article not only offers basic tips for staying safe and avoiding dangerous situations during winter weather, but it provides specific tips for motorists to avoid accidents. By preparing your car or truck for the winter weather, you can help keep...

• State Patrol Targets Tailgaters

  Staff Writer | July 06, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Colorado Springs Gazette reported on the continued efforts by the Colorado State Patrol to reduce motor vehicle accidents by using a new technology to identify tailgaters. A new radar gun has the capability not only to identify driving speed but to also detect the space between two cars. In Colorado, the tailgating law is that drivers must leave one car length for every 10 miles per hour....

• Two Killed in Colorado Springs Car Accident

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

  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...

• Deadly accident kills wife, mother

  Staff Writer | December 11, 2006 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A married couple traveling to pick up their children from their grandmother's house ran off the road and into a ditch near midnight on Saturday, says a report from KJCT News 8 in Grand Junction. The motor vehicle accident involving a 1999 Jeep Cherokee killed the wife and injured the husband. The story says the wife was driving and not wearing her seatbelt. It's possible that excessive speed and...

• New Case Law in Colorado Regarding Stacking of Underinsured Motorist Insurance (UIM)

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There is new case law in Colorado regarding the stacking of underinsured motorist insurance (UIM). Per the Supreme Court case holding (No. 05SA369, In Re State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Progressive Mutual Ins. Co. - Automobile Insurance - Underinsured Motorist - Uninsured Motorist Stacking - Limits of Liability), insureds who are insured persons under multiple UIM policies can stack those...