[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”South Kipling Parkway and West Asbury Avenue, Lakewood, CO” marker=”no” z=”14″] On July 20, a 15-year-old jogger was the victim of a hit-and-run when a street racer ran a red light and struck him in a crosswalk, according to ABC 7 News in Denver. The accident occurred at the intersection of… read more
A 19-year-old Texas A&M lineman, 18-year-old Utah recruit and 13-year-old boy were killed in a fatal car accident, according to Yahoo! News. The 2002 Toyota Sequoia was traveling southbound on US 550 near Cuba, New Mexico, about 85 miles north of Albuquerque, on the evening of July 29 when the driver noticed the vehicle had… read more
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Grand Lake, CO” marker=”no” z=”14″] Lucas Ackerman, 33, was arrested under suspicion of DUI after the vehicle he was driving hit pedestrians on Highway 34 following a Fourth of July fireworks show in Grand Lake, according to Fox 31 in Denver. Ackerman, a female and an unspecified number of children left… read more
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Interstate 80, Cheyenne, WY” marker=”no” z=”14″] Stephanie Gustafson of Carpenter, Wyoming was killed in a three-vehicle accident on the eastern edge of Cheyenne, according to K2TV in Casper. The accident, which happened just before 11 a.m., closed I-80 in both directions for about four hours. A tractor-trailer driven by James Black… read more
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Denver, CO” marker=”no” z=”14″] Three members of the Denver Broncos organization have been arrested for drunken driving within a seven-week span, including two team executives, according to The Denver Post. On July 6, director of player personnel, Matt Russell, became the third member of the Broncos to be charged with a… read more
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Interstate 35, Hinckley, MN” marker=”no” z=”14″] A Wyoming man was arrested by Minnesota State Patrol on June 26 for suspicion of killing a fellow Wyoming resident in a June 17 hit and run accident, according to the Forest Lake Times. Trevor Langlois, a 24-year-old Army veteran, had pulled over and was… read more
[map id=”map1″ w=”375″ h=”375″ address=”Colorado Springs, CO” marker=”no” z=”14″] According to KGWN, an older woman was killed when the car she was driving was struck by a car drag racing on a public street in Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23. The race driver who struck the woman also died. The driver of the car… read more
A writer for the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle believes that the state should institute a primary seat belt law and raise the fine for violators. The reason why is that according to a Governors Highway Safety Report, although seat belt use in the U.S. is at 86 percent, it drops to 76 percent in states that do… read more
As of July 1, new DUI laws in Wyoming will require drivers suspected of driving under the influence to submit to breath, blood and urine tests, according to K2TV news in Wyoming. DUI arrests in the state have risen dramatically over the years, culminating in 643 arrests last year. However, law enforcement would like the… read more
Colorado legislation regulating the recreational use of marijuana, including driving-under-the-influence limits for motorists, took effect when Governor John Hickenlooper signed the measures into law on May 28, according to Reuters. These new laws set a 15 percent excise tax and an additional 10 percent sales tax on marijuana sales, set blood limits for driving while… read more
