Tag: fatal crash
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Victims identified from 2 fatal Pueblo County highway crashes
Two victims involved in crashes on Colorado 165 and Colorado 50 were identified as 36-year-old Crystal M. Case and 46-year-old Robert J. Hepler, the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office announced Monday. Colorado State Patrol is investigating both Saturday evening crashes and no cause has been determined as of Monday, the agency said. Hepler is believed to…
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Motorcyclist dies in crash along Fillmore Street
A motorcyclist was struck and killed near the intersection of East Fillmore Street and North Prospect Street on Monday morning, according to a blotter entry by Colorado Springs police. A truck eastbound on Fillmore was making an “unprotected left turn” into a parking lot when it hit the westbound motorcyclist, who was pronounced deceased at…
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Habitual offender, teenager arrested in alleged racing crash that killed Colorado Springs woman
Two men accused of illegal street racing will face multiple charges after a crash on the city’s north side left one woman dead on March 22, according to a news release Friday from Colorado Springs police. Jerome Archer, 48, and Leeanaya Joey Martinez, 18, were allegedly racing on Briargate Boulevard when one vehicle entered oncoming…
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80-year-old ID’d as victim of fatal Union Boulevard crash
Colorado Springs police identified the victim of a crash near Union Boulevard and Parkside Drive earlier this month as 80-year-old Paul Montoya, according to a news release by police. Montoya’s northbound vehicle was hit in the right through lane of the intersection around 10 a.m. on May 8 after a vehicle attempted to turn left…
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Rollover crash in Pueblo kills 34-year-old
Danny J. Trujillo, 34, was identified as the victim of a fatal rollover crash in Pueblo on Saturday, the county’s coroner’s office announced. Officers responded to the crash around 10 p.m. near the intersection of Abriendo Avenue and Quincy Street, finding a rolled-over Chevy Blazer. Trujillo was found ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased…
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15-year-old identified as victim of fatal Pueblo crash
A single-vehicle crash in Pueblo on Sunday afternoon resulted in the death of a 15-year-old and three others being injured with non-life-threatening injuries, the Pueblo Police Department announced in a news release. Police found the 15-year-old in the driver’s seat at the site of the crash near the intersection of Summit Avenue and Routt Avenue.…
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Man, 41, ID’d as victim of Pueblo crash following a ‘domestic fight’
The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office identified the victim of a fatal crash late Wednesday as 41-year-old Andrew T. Mendoza, the office announced on social media. Mendoza died shortly after eluding police, who were responding to the 800 block of Beulah Avenue around 10:30 p.m. for a report of a ‘domestic fight,’ in a white SUV,…
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‘Domestic fight’ preceded late night fatal crash in Pueblo
Pueblo police are investigating a fatal crash that involved a vehicle that fled from officers after a reported “domestic fight,” the department announced in a news release. Officers responded to the 800 block of Beulah Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to the reported fight and found a white SUV, which fled at a high rate…
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Driver who died after Prospect Lake crash was under the influence of fentanyl, autopsy reveals
A man who drove over a curb and into Prospect Lake on Feb. 19 died of drowning in the “setting of fentanyl intoxication,” according to his autopsy results from the El Paso County Coroner’s Office. The coroner ruled that 39-year-old Cedric Harp’s manner of death was an accident. Colorado Springs police and firefighters were on…
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UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal hit-and-run in Pueblo
The authorities identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Pueblo as 39-year-old Kevin A. Martinez. Officers were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. to Routt and Baystate avenues, where they found Martinez lying in the road, police said. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. The…