California bikers who move to other states often meet the ire of local law enforcement. Unlike nearly all states (including Colorado), California bikers are allowed to engage in “lane splitting,” the act of riding between lanes of traffic on the dashed lines. This very practice, however, puts California in a unique position that officials hope… read more
Wet roads are partly to blame for a Colorado Springs car accident that involved a pickup truck and a minivan. As a light rain fell, the pickup truck lost control and veered into the opposite lane, striking a minivan carrying three family members. One of the two children riding in the van was ejected through… read more
Colorado Springs Police Department officials have confirmed that Kevin Michael Marinec, 25, died in a motorcycle accident in mid-September. The accident occurred at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Cheyenne Road. Marinec was heading west on Lake Avenue when a white Chevrolet making a left turn crossed his path. The driver had a green light… read more
Back in July, an armed gunman opened fire on a packed house watching the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. Three patrons injured in the massacre are suing the theater’s parent company for a lack of security. The accusers – Joshua Nowlan, Brandon Axelrod his wife Denise Traynom – argue that the theater should… read more
Rulon Gardner is an American wrestler who won the gold in 2000 and the bronze in 2004 in Greco-Roman wrestling. His road to the Olympics included a few detours, notably a small plane crash and a motorcycle accident during his spring training for the 2004 games. The accident took place in Colorado Springs. Gardner was… read more
Wil Craig was 17 years old when he suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was riding in a friend’s car. The friend was texting while driving, and she crashed the car into a tree. She was driving 120 MPH at the time, and she had only gotten six letters into her message: it said “Where… read more
Colorado Springs police officers believe that alcohol was a factor in a series of accidents caused by a woman driving the wrong way on I-25. Police received a call about a car going north on the southbound roads around 2pm. According to the accident report, she caused one head-on accident and continued on her way.… read more
A bus carrying football players from Evanston High School crashed into a dirt bike two miles south of Afton on US 89. The rider, Troy L. Turner, died from his injuries. The 36-year-old was riding without lights, and the bus driver did not see him. Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) officers were looking for the rider… read more
Actress Lindsay Lohan found herself in hot water earlier this month when she allegedly fled the scene of a car accident. According to TMZ, Lohan was driving her Porsche in downtown Manhattan when she hit a pedestrian in his 30s as she pulled into a hotel parking structure. This could cause problems for the actress… read more
Vladimir Zhukov, a 66-year-old truck driver from Illinois, was heading west on I-80 through Nebraska when his truck stalled. When he stopped to fix his truck around 4:30 am, it started a chain reaction of car accidents that killed five people. Minnesota truck driver Keith Johnson, 27, crashed his semi-truck into Zhukov’s stalled truck. Johnson… read more
