Tag: hit and run
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Suspected DUI hit-and-run in Pueblo kills 1, leads to arrest
An overnight hit-and-run in Pueblo has killed a pedestrian, according to the city’s police department. Officers from the Pueblo Police Department arrived at the 600 block of West Northern Avenue just after 2:15 a.m. Tuesday and found the pedestrian dead at the scene. A witness told police that they had followed the vehicle that sped…
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Colorado Supreme Court considers new requirement for leaving-the-scene convictions
In 2006, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury is a “strict liability” offense, meaning a person is guilty solely through their conduct, without the need for prosecutors to prove the defendant’s mental state. Now, 20 years later, one defendant is asking the Supreme Court to…
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Colorado State Patrol seeks help in 2025 hit-and-run investigation
The Colorado State Patrol is asking for the public’s assistance in a hit-and-run investigation that left one person injured near Security-Widefield. According to the agency, a 55-year-old man from Colorado Springs was found injured and lying in the right turn lane of Security Boulevard, north of Main Street, just before 7 p.m. on Dec. 17.…
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LETTERS: Lack of snow removal; self-laudatory advertising
Lack of snow removal I grew up in rural Wisconsin and then lived for a decade in urban Boston. Both locales, like Colorado Springs, get regular snow and often in significant quantity. Unlike Colorado Springs, however, both of these locales regarded snow removal as an essential service provided by local government. While there are many…
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Hit-and-run victim tells El Paso County judge the man convicted of it is innocent
Still grappling with life-changing injuries, a victim of a hit-and-run told an El Paso County judge Thursday that the man convicted of the crime didn’t do it. Brent Gilmer, now 26, surrendered to authorities in July of last year for a hit-and-run that left David Nathan Mitchem, 33, with injuries he may not fully recover…
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Man accused of fatal Colorado Springs road rage crash linked to 2017 homicide case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man accused of running over a person July 24 before fleeing the scene has ties to an unsolved homicide in 2017, according to law enforcement. The crash seriously injured 35-year-old Jacob Martinez, who died in the hospital three days later, according to Colorado Springs…
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Fatal hit-and-run suspect ruled incompetent to stand trial over childhood brain injury
After several hours of testimony spanning multiple hearings — focused mostly on a traumatic brain injury from his childhood — an El Paso County judge ruled the man accused of dragging a woman 300 feet during a fatal hit and run in November is incompetent to stand trial and cannot be restored to competency. The…
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Suspect wanted for striking Colorado Springs officer in Tuesday morning hit-and-run
Colorado Springs police are searching for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run of an officer Tuesday morning after they were found passed out in their vehicle with drugs in plain view, according to an online blotter entry. Officers responded to a call at the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point, near North Powers and Stetson…
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2 arrested in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Colorado Springs
Two people have been charged and arrested in the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed 55-year-old bicyclist Michael Pompa in late December of 2024. Pompa was struck by two vehicles while riding his bike westbound on the 4500 block of Edison Avenue, just off East Platte Avenue and North Murray Boulevard, according to Colorado Springs Police Department…
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‘A mother to all’: Friends and family mourn beloved child care worker killed in hit-and-run crash
Devastated by loss, friends and family of 76-year-old Charlene McAlister, who was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday, focus on the love and light brought to their life just by knowing her. McAlister was fatally struck while she was walking to work at the McCoy and Littlejohn Child Care Center, where she was an infant classroom…