Tag: traffic
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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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Another alleged street racing incident in Colorado Springs leaves passenger injured
An alleged street racer in Colorado Springs is facing a vehicular assault charge after a rollover crash seriously injured a passenger over the night. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers responded to a crash along Voyager Parkway, north of Northgate Boulevard, just before midnight Monday. They found evidence that suggests a vehicle had…
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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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Rider suffers life-threatening injuries in I-25 crash near The Broadmoor World Arena
A rider is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being flung from his motorcycle while driving along Interstate 25 Saturday afternoon. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the motorcyclist was traveling northbound near Exit 138, which is the exit for The Broadmoor World Arena, at around 12:15 p.m. when the crash happened. When…
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Dublin Boulevard in Colorado Springs to partly close Sunday as crews finish road work
Road closures are expected to begin Sunday along a major stretch of Dublin Boulevard as crews wrap up construction on a project that will widen the street from two lanes to having two lanes going in both directions, separated by a raised median. The Colorado Springs Public Works Department warned drivers to expect closures on…
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Dozens of gallons of fuel leak onto Colorado Springs road, shut down lanes
The Colorado Springs Fire Department’s hazmat team is responding to a diesel fuel leak Friday morning along a roadway on the city’s south side. Around 50 gallons of fuel from a semi-truckleaked near the intersection of Hancock Expressway and Milton Proby Parkway, the Fire Department announced in a social media post just after 9:30 a.m.…
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Trial set after alleged DUI crash that killed former Calhan superintendent
With a plea deal still on the table, a tentative trial is scheduled for a woman accused of driving into and subsequently killing a retired Calhan School District superintendent while impaired. Colorado State Patrol investigators allege in court documents that Amy Dalton, 37, was driving a Subaru when it went airborne and struck 79-year-old Robert…
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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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Rider identified in fatal Colorado Springs crash that critically injured 4 others
Police on Wednesday released the identity of the motorcyclist killed in a crash on South Nevada Avenue that also injured four others earlier in May. The Colorado Springs Police Department found Jason Mullet, 43, dead near the 1600 block of South Nevada Avenue on May 17 at 12:20 a.m. after he collided with a car…
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Motorcyclist killed in crash off North Circle Drive identified
The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the identity of a motorcyclist who died after striking a guardrail off North Circle Drive in mid-May. John Ruhe, 33, was killed in the single-vehicle crash off North Circle Drive and East Van Buren Street on May 16 just before 1 a.m. Investigators determined that Ruhe was driving…