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Priscilla Garcia, her kids and a friend were driving down Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs on November 26 when their minivan stalled. Garcia’s 10-year-old daughter, 9-year-old son Neto White and 17-year-old family friend Leondro Carabajal got behind the van to push it down the road. Robert Icenogle, 57, crashed his car into the three of… read more
Tommy Thomas, a 14-year-old from Olathe, Colorado was riding a bike with his friend when he was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying cattle on October 6. Tommy sustained a traumatic brain injury in the truck accident, and doctors had to remove part of his skull to prevent further brain damage as his brain continued to… read more
Texas man Dean Carlson had three DUI convictions on his record when he plead guilty to his fourth. He also pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular assault and reckless driving for causing a catastrophic car accident that sent one man to the hospital. Four months later, the victim is still in critical condition. Carlson had… read more
Voters passed measures that legalized small amounts of marijuana in both Colorado and Washington. Now, officials are preparing for an influx of drivers under the influence. “We’re going to have more impaired drivers,” Greenwood Village police chief John Jackson said. Colorado police may have nabbed their first culprit following the passage of Amendment 64 near… read more
Thomas Garrity and a female passenger were driving west on C-470 near Highlands Ranch when he lost control of the vehicle. He went 50 feet up a grass embankment. When he slid back down, he hit two construction workers that were working on the C-470 bridge. Both workers – Joseph Schwartz, 47, and Jesus Villalobos,… read more
With her six-week-old infant in tow, Shalimar McComas drove her husband to work at 2:00 a.m. on Monday, November 19. After she dropped him off, a speeding Dodge Cherokee struck her vehicle from behind. Witnesses say the Cherokee was driving close to 100 mph. “Those kinds of speeds are never a good idea, even on… read more
Earlier this month, 55 percent of Colorado’s voters approved Amendment 64, a measure that allows adults over the age of 21 to possess marijuana for personal use. Opponents of the law claimed that legalized cannabis would lead to increased use of an allegedly addictive, mind-altering drug. Some claimed that more marijuana users on the road… read more
Erin Finn, 20, is facing charges associated with a hit and run car accident that killed Dennis Dolce, a 51-year-old father of three. Investigators say the white sedan that Finn and her mother shared crossed into the westbound lane of C-470 and hit Dolce’s white SUV. According to court documents, Finn hitchhiked to a 7-Eleven… read more
Last week, we wrote about an elderly woman who was in critical condition after being hit by a bus in Loveland, Colorado. Sadly, 70-year-old Norma Selzler passed away from her severe head injury two days after the accident. Now, driver Tracy McDowell, 37, is facing one charge of careless driving resulting in death. Loveland police… read more
A 70-year-old woman was crossing the street at the corner of First Street and Denver Avenue in Loveland, Colorado. It was close to 8:30 am when a bus turned left onto the street she was crossing. The bus struck the woman, and she was taken to a hospital. According to the Denver Post, she is… read more
