I see a lot of reports on motor vehicle accidents in my research for this blog. One thing that still surprises me is the number of those caused by someone driving the wrong way down a street or highway. As a matter of fact, this type of accident is gaining national attention due to its [...]

Nearly one in five traffic fatalities in Colorado in 2009 were motorcyclists. In order to help combat those disheartening numbers, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has a number of programs in place aimed at riders of various skill levels. One of the higher profile campaigns has been “Live to Ride.” The program is based [...]

It all started with a single rollover accident near Empire, Colorado. Christina Dickenson reports for 9 News: Colorado State Patrol says the Clear Creek County Fire Department was assisting with a single-vehicle rollover crash on the east side of Berthoud Pass on U.S. 40 near mile marker 253 at about 7:30 a.m. No one was injured in [...]

Motor vehicle accidents usually involve a car or a truck hitting another car/truck/motorcycle, or a pedestrian. Not this time. This time, the accident I am writing about involves a car hitting a house. Two houses, if reports are to be credited. Just before 2 a.m. in the Colorado Springs neighborhood around the 4600 Block of [...]

Emotions are running high across the globe about a decision made by the Colorado District Attorney last week in a hit-and-run car accident case involving a bicyclist and a Mercedes. The fact that we can look to the Mail Online in the United Kingdom to find news from Colorado shows the level of international interest developing, [...]

A needless tragedy occurred Wednesday night, when a wrong-way driving accident took one life, and landed a Jefferson County Sheriff in the hospital. Jeffrey Wolfe reports for 9 News that the accident happened near Eagle Cliff just before 8:30 p.m. KDVR Fox 31‘s Web staff supplied the details: Investigators with the Colorado state Patrol say a Subaru [...]

The worst word one can hear in relation to a motor vehicle accident is the word “fatality.” I would venture to say that the worst phrase would, by extension, be “multiple fatality.” These very words apply to an unfortunate auto accident Monday afternoon. According to the State Patrol, at roughly 1:35 p.m., on Highway 52 near [...]

Not all accidents occur on the road. Injuries can happen in a wide variety of circumstances, including the production of gear for wind farming. Pueblo, Colorado, is the home of a manufacturing plant that produces components for wind towers used to generate electricity. A man was killed last Wednesday at the plant, in what is [...]

Last Thursday, at about 7:15 pm, according to Colorado State Patrol spokesperson Heather Cobbler, a van driven by Scott Barnhart, 43, of Nunn, was fatally struck by a tractor trailer near the intersection of U.S. 85 and Weld County Road, Colorado. The accident was first reported in The Denver Post, but a few further details have [...]

A rollover accident last Sunday on I-25, about 10 miles north of Pueblo, Colorado, resulted in one fatality and serious injuries to the survivor. Lana Groves, a writer for The Deseret News, reports: Dustin Donald Thompson, 39, of Windsor, Colo., was a passenger in a pick-up truck driven by his 26-year-old sister, who’s also from [...]