In 2007, Shea Lehnen lost her unborn child in a car accident involving a Colorado State Trooper and a high speed chase. Tim Ciesco of NBC 11 News gives us a thumbnail of the incident: Keith Killian, the Lehnens’ attorney, says the trooper was trying to pull over the Jeep for speeding when he initiated [...]
Colorado’s “Live To Ride” campaign has a special focus this year: professional training. There are an array of statistics that support the need for better motorcycle training, despite the fact that many motorcyclists probably react with an “I already know how to ride a motorcycle” stance. Here are some of the worrisome numbers, as reported by [...]
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a truck accident that leaked seven thousand gallons of gas and risked contaminating the Denver water supply. Today, I’m writing about another accident with environmental reprecussions. A fatal car accident this past Saturday caused a three-square-mile wildfire in Baca County. KKTV gives us this summary: Colorado State Patrol says [...]
A tanker truck accident outside Denver last Thursday night may have had environmental consequences. The Associated Press via The Republic provides a brief summary: Denver Water officials are monitoring the damage from a tanker truck accident that injured the two people in the truck and dumped about 7,000 gallons of gas and diesel in creeks flowing into [...]
It’s nice to be able to share some positive news for a change. Anne Imse, a writer for the Colorado Springs Gazette, writes: The number of people killed on Colorado highways dropped 5 percent last year from the previous year to 439, continuing a dramatic decline in the state’s road-death toll. Nine years ago, 743 [...]
Last Saturday, U.S. 50 was closed for seven hours due to a fatal truck accident that resulted in a major blaze. The semi-tanker involved in the accident was carrying fuel which seems to have ignited during the crash. The driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle at the time of the crash, was [...]
Grand Junction, Colorado has an “S” curve problem that resulted in two car accidents last week, one of them fatal. Cecile Juliette, a reporter for NBC11, notes: This is the second time in two days there’s been a crash at the “S” curve on D 1/2 Road. Some residents in the area say there should [...]
Leyla Sahs, 33, of Denver, Colorado died last Thursday night after being struck by two different vehicles. According to reports, she was standing in the southbound lanes of Picadilly Road, roughly a half-mile to the south of East 152nd Avenue. John Mayner, 64, of Northglenn was the driver of the first car to strike her. [...]
A man from El Jebel lost his life Tuesday after a head-on collision on Highway 82 in Basalt. Pitkin County Coroner’s Office identified him as Jose Maximiliano Nachado Andrade, age 21. According to reports, he was on his way to work at a local restaurant at the time of the crash. Scott Conden, a reporter [...]
With temperatures falling, Colorado residents should drive with extra caution. Layers of snow and ice are building up on roads across the state, increasing the possibility of car accidents dramatically. After a snow storm, things can get especially dangerous as temperatures may rise. Colorado Springs Gazette reports: …Above-freezing temperatures mean that the first snow to hit [...]
