Tag: crash
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2 seriously injured in Mesa Ridge Parkway crash; westbound lanes closed
The westbound lanes of Mesa Ridge Parkway were closed Monday after a two-vehicle crash with serious injuries, according to the Fountain Police Department. The crash took place near Mesa Ridge High School, but no students were involved, officials said. Four people were transported from the involved vehicles. Two of the occupants suffered serious injuries, according…
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1 injured after plane crashes near airport in unincorporated El Paso County
An airplane crashed Saturday near the Springs East Airport in the Ellicott and Calhan area, sending one person to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The Federal Aviation Administration is the lead investigative agency. No other details were immediately available.
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Man who previously confessed to crashing into jogger in Colorado Springs pleads not guilty
A man who told police that he “woke up and smoked weed and just felt like killing someone” and then allegedly injured a 74-year-old jogger with his SUV in Colorado Springs pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder. “Thank you,” Christian Ortega said to 4th Judicial District Judge Eric Bentley after entering his plea. They…
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Road closed near The Citadel mall after crash, 2 hospitalized
Two were hospitalized after being pulled from a wrecked vehicle near The Citadel mall. According to the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the crash happened at North Circle Drive and East Monument Street. The department reported the crash just after 9:30 a.m. Fire Department spokesperson Ashley Franco said the two hospitalized have non-life-threatening injuries. The southbound…
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Pedestrian killed while crossing Wahsatch Avenue identified as 77-year-old man
A 77-year-old man who was hit and killed while crossing Wahsatch Avenue at Costilla Street last Tuesday was identified as Anton Gerhard, Colorado Springs police announced on Monday. Gerhard was walking westbound on the north side of the intersection when a truck hit Gerhard while turning left onto Wahsatch. He was pronounced deceased at the…
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6 injured in 5-vehicle crash near Monument: Colorado State Patrol
At least six people were taken to a hospital following a five-vehicle collision on Interstate 25, just north of Colorado Springs, according to the State Patrol. The crash took place just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes of the interstate, near Monument, officials said. The highway was shut down for about 90 minutes,…
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Pedestrian dies in crash at East Costilla and South Wahsatch
A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of East Costilla Street and South Wahsatch Avenue was fatal, Colorado Springs police told The Gazette. Police anticipate both streets to be closed in all directions at the intersection for several hours Tuesday evening.
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Colorado State Patrol releases more details on fatal 36-car pileup along I-25
Preliminary information about a fatal 36-vehicle pileup along Interstate 25 near Pueblo reveals a domino effect happened after an SUV and a pickup truck hauling a trailer collided. The massive wreck killed five people and injured 29 others. After a dust storm swept through the area on the morning of Feb. 17, vehicles were driving…
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Truck driver hospitalized, United flight deplaned after Denver airport crash
The driver of a de-icing truck was hospitalized and a United Airlines flight was deplaned after a crash at Denver International Airport on Friday. Amid heavy snowfall, United Airlines flight 605 headed to Nashville hit the truck while leaving the de-icing pad around 8:30 a.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The driver of…
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Deputies forcefully stop wrong way driver on I-25 near Fountain, Colorado Springs
A woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 in February was arrested by El Paso County sheriff’s deputies, who forcefully stopped the vehicle, the office announced Thursday. The driver, Gloria Ramos Pena, 42, did not stop for deputies attempting a traffic stop and was forced into the center median as other vehicles approached head-on.…