Tag: interstate 25
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Driver crashes into Colorado Springs police car on I-25
A motorist crashed into an unoccupied Colorado Springs police cruiser on Interstate 25 early Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. The collision took place just after 5 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate, just north of the South Nevada Avenue exit, officials said. While investigating a prior two-car collision, officers had positioned…
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Colorado State Patrol trooper hurt during traffic stop near Pueblo; suspect in custody
A man is in jail after the authorities say he injured a state trooper while trying to flee from law enforcement near Pueblo on Saturday afternoon. Troopers pulled over a van on Interstate 25 after receiving a tip that the driver had been drinking, the Colorado State Patrol said in a news release. The driver,…
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Military convoys expected on southern Colorado highways
Travelers along highways south and east of Colorado Springs should expect convoys of military vehicles from Sunday through Thursday. The convoys will be traveling primarily east on Colorado 94 and then south on Colorado 71. Others will be traveling south on Interstate 25 and east on U.S. 350, a news release said. Drivers on these…
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10th Circuit rules State Farm not required to pay benefits in I‑25 swerving crash
The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded last week that two vehicle occupants who were injured while swerving to avoid a man in the middle of Interstate 25 are not entitled to insurance benefits. Plaintiffs Stephanie Mazur and Julia Wunder were in a vehicle insured by State Farm at the time of their wreck. The insurance…
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Lane closures scheduled on northbound I-25 through Colorado Springs for construction work
Commuters on northbound Interstate 25 through Colorado Springs can expect delays during the next week. I-25 will be reduced to one lane starting at 10 p.m. Tuesday and last through 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Colorado Department of Transportation. All northbound lanes are expected to be open at 6 a.m.…
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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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Five killed in I-25 crash identified: Pueblo County Coroner
The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office has made identifications in the aftermath of a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 that killed five people amid a dust storm Tuesday, including a husband and wife in one vehicle, and a father and son in another. David Kirscht, 90, and his son Scott, 64, were from Walsenburg; Mary Sue…
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Dinosaurs near Interstate 25? New adventure park set to open in Monument in 2027
If you’ve gone driving along Interstate 25 lately and saw an unusual sight near Monument — something from another time and place — you weren’t hallucinating. Yep. Those are dinosaurs. Surrounded by shipping containers, several prehistoric beasts appear to roam the countryside between I-25 and Old Denver Road, north of the Baptist Road exit. But…
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Colorado Springs man arrested after ‘ramming’ police vehicles during I-25 pursuit
A drunken driver allegedly engaged in a police pursuit in Colorado Springs Saturday night, ending with Colorado State Patrol performing a tactical vehicle intervention to stop the suspect on Interstate 25. Just after 7:30 p.m., troopers responded to a Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately (R.E.D.D.I.) call involving a Dodge Ram pickup truck on I-25, just…
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I-25 chase ends with shooting involving Monument police, says Colorado State Patrol
A pursuit that ended in Pueblo West led to a shooting involving the Monument Police Department on Tuesday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. According to State Patrol, its aircraft unit received information around 3:45 p.m. about a stolen vehicle traveling on I-25 through El Paso County. State Patrol says the vehicle was spotted 3…