Felony child abuse, loss of a toddler’s life, a mother captivated by social media. Sounds a little like the Casey Anthony trial that’s transfixing people lately. But we’re talking about Aurora, Colorado, where 30-year-old Karen Pena was arrested Thursday on charges of child abuse resulting in death, a Class 3 felony. She is being held [...]

Summer is a time when teen drivers get into the largest number of fatal accidents, according to AAA. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says, “Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in America. Mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all [...]

Smartphone apps are great, but not when they make the roads more hazardous by helping drunk drivers avoid the police. So it’s good news that Apple has finally announced its store will stop carrying new apps that tip drivers off to those drunk driving checkpoints that haven’t already been disclosed by the police. It was [...]

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 [...]

This past December, Colorado Senator Suzanne Williams was involved in a fatal car accident while in Texas. We’ve covered the details and developments of this controversial case extensively here on the blog: 1) Colorado Senator Involved in Fatal Texas Crash 2) More On Colorado Senator Williams’ Car Accident 3) Colorado Senator Loses Transportation Committee Post After Fatal [...]

You never know when you might be involved in an auto accident. You look down at your cell phone, or look over at your friend in the passenger seat, and suddenly your ears are filled with the sound of smashing metal. For two Glenwood Springs men, that sound was very loud last Friday. For one [...]

A hit and run accident outside a downtown Denver nightclub took the life of 21 year-old Jose Medina this past Saturday night. Police are currently seeking the driver of the GMC suspected in the accident. Medina was working as a valet at the Rockstar Lounge at 940 Lincoln Street when he was struck by a car [...]

Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora) was involved in a head on collision when her car veered across a Texas highway on Sunday, December 26th. The tragic accident resulted in the death of a pregnant woman in the other vehicle. Amazingly, the baby survived. Michael Martinez and Divina Mims of CNN reports: Physicians were able to deliver the [...]

Sunday night was the scene of another fatal car accident on I-70. A semi driven by Jason Ross of St. Louis went the wrong way down I-70 for at least nine miles with its lights off before its head-on collision with an automobile. During that nine-mile stretch, a Limon police officer, responding to a call [...]

On Monday, Aspen, Colorado authorities found the body of a man missing for the past two weeks. It appears he had fallen 100 feet to his death from a bridge. Thomas J. Morgan and Donita Naylor, reporters for The Providence Journal, bring us the details of the accident: The police in Aspen confirmed Tuesday that [...]