Posts tagged vehicle

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....

• 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...

• 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...

• Car Accident Claims Colorado Springs Man

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2006 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 35-year-old Colorado Springs man was killed in a car accident early Sunday morning when the Expedition he was driving was hit head-on by a 16-year-old who crossed a double-yellow line in his Explorer on Colorado Highway 83. The driver of the Explorer was listed in critical condition Monday.The Colorado Springs Gazette has the full car accident story.

• Motorcycle Collides with Truck

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Daily Sentinel reported that a man from Grand Junction received serious injuries when his motorcycle collided with a truck on July 17. As the motorcyclist, Daniel Emert, drove down South Avenue, a truck making a left from Fourth Street onto South Avenue crashed into his vehicle. Unfortunately, Emert was not wearing his helmet, and while he seriously injured, his current condition is unknown....

• Man indicted for fatal car accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Durango Herald reported yesterday that a Federal grand jury indicted a man in a tragic motor vehicle accident that killed two people just two months ago near Capote Lake.The man, Jamie L. Wood, was indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two women who were Southern Ute Indian Tribe members. Wood is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs, including marijuana...

• Move over law improves safety on side of road

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

  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...