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1/25/2013

BREAKING: State patrol hunting for suspect on foot in Colorado Springs

BREAKING: State patrol hunting for suspect on foot in Colorado Springs

Posted 6:13 AM 1/25/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich

BREAKING: State troopers are using a K9 unit to hunt for a man who escaped on foot after they tried to pull him over in his Ford F150 near Janitell and Venetucci south of downtown Colorado Springs.

The suspect eluded police and eventually crashed through a fence and into a house in the (More)

1/23/2013

Norway cheese fire shuts down tunnel

Norway cheese fire shuts down tunnel

Posted 1:05 PM 1/23/2013 by Alyse Rzemek

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A road tunnel in northern Norway will be shut for several weeks after a 27-ton truckload of sweet goat's milk cheese caught fire.

Regional traffic department chief Geir Joergensen says flames engulfed the tunnel last week and gases from the melting, brown load hindered (More)

1/22/2013

Soda spill causes crash on Pennsylvania highway

Soda spill causes crash on Pennsylvania highway

Posted 5:39 PM 1/22/2013 by Alyse Rzemek

READING, Pa. (AP) -- Everyone knows soda can be bad for your teeth. Sometimes, it can apparently threaten the morning commute, too.

Police say two tractor-trailers collided on U.S. Route 422 outside Reading, Pa., around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. The Reading Eagle reports one of the trucks was (More)

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Three car collision in Colorado Springs

1/19/2013

State patrol investigating deadly auto-ped crash

State patrol investigating deadly auto-ped crash

Posted 4:40 AM 1/19/2013 by Alyse Rzemek

In Security, Colorado State Patrol is looking into a deadly accident involving a pedestrian and a car.It happened Friday night on Bradley Road and Cantrell Drive. Troopers say a pedestrian was crossing Bradley in a northbound direction and was hit by a 2001 Chevrolet. They say the (More)

1/16/2013

Accident with police cruiser on I-25

Accident with police cruiser on I-25

Posted 9:38 AM 1/16/2013 by Lauren Molenburg

An accident on northbound I-25 north of Cimarron had debris in roadway blocking two lanes.

A police cruiser that was stopped to assist a previous accident on I-25 was hit by another car this morning. Luckily the officer wasn't hurt and the driver of the other vehicle had only minor injuries. Lanes are once again open.

1/14/2013

Morning snow brings accidents and slide offs on US 24

Morning snow brings accidents and slide offs on US 24

Posted 11:11 AM 1/14/2013 by Andy Koen

TELLER COUNTY - One person was taken to the hospital after a three car accident west of Crystola. The two pick up trucks and a silver sedan slid off of the highway and down an embankment between the north bound and south bound lanes.

State troopers say there were at least fifteen accidents along Hwy 24 this morning between Woodland Park and Manitou Springs.

1/13/2013

Fateful Maine flight salvaged B-52s 50 years ago

Fateful Maine flight salvaged B-52s 50 years ago

Posted 12:51 PM 1/13/2013 by Matt Stafford

ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - The B-52 Stratofortress is a legendary aircraft, one of the longest-serving in U.S. military history, even flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it would not have become the workhorse it is without one disastrous flight 50 years ago next week (More)

1/11/2013

High winds cause multiple accidents on Highway 50

Posted 5:09 PM 1/11/2013

Highway 50 between Pueblo West and Penrose is closed due to an accident believed to be caused by high winds.

Another accident east of Pueblo, just west of Fowler, has Highway 50 closed in both directions. Wind may have been a factor in this accident as well.

Visibility is very low in the area due to blowing dust.

1/9/2013

Accident near Fountain sends person to hospital

Accident near Fountain sends person to hospital

Posted 6:57 PM 1/9/2013 by JD Downing

Colorado Springs, Colo. - News5 is on the scene of an accident on Academy, just south of Fountain.

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The wreck has shut down the northbound lanes of Academy for the time being as police crews investigate the accident.

News5 has a crew there and will bring you the latest as this story develops.

Update on Union crash

Crash closes Union at Austin Bluffs

Injury accident at Austin Bluffs and Union

1/8/2013

Semi accident blocks southbound Powers

Posted 10:18 AM 1/8/2013 by Lauren Molenburg

A semi-truck vs. vehicle crash on southbound Powers, south of Fountain, is blocking the right lane.

1/6/2013

Search for missing skydiver narrows

Search for missing skydiver narrows

Posted 10:38 AM 1/6/2013 by Matt Stafford

NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) - Crews have narrowed the area they're searching in the rugged Cascade foothills for a skydiver who vanished during a jump. King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West says they made the decision based on the flight pattern of the helicopter he jumped from and (More)

1/5/2013

13-year-old skier dies after hitting tree

13-year-old skier dies after hitting tree

Posted 11:01 AM 1/5/2013 by Matt Stafford

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a 13-year-old Texas boy has died after hitting a tree while skiing at Copper Mountain in Colorado.

The Summit County coroner says Tristan Bartlett of Houston wasn't wearing a helmet when he struck the tree Friday. The resort says he was on a beginner trail at the time.

The boy was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m.

 

1/2/2013

Medical helicopter crashes in Oklahoma

Medical helicopter crashes in Oklahoma

Posted 3:05 PM 1/2/2013 by Joe Bevans

SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) - Four people were injured Wednesday when a Mediflight helicopter smacked the ground during an emergency landing in a field in Seminole. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said the helicopter's pilot, a nurse and two medics were injured when it landed hard near (More)

1/1/2013

ESPN anchor back on for Rose Parade after gas grill accident

ESPN anchor back on for Rose Parade after gas grill accident

Posted 5:42 PM 1/1/2013 by Matt Stafford

Hannah Storm was back on the air Tuesday, hosting the Rose Parade telecast three weeks after a propane gas grill accident left the ESPN anchor with first- and second-degree burns to her face, hands, chest and neck. Storm lost roughly half her hair in the accident Dec. 11 outside her (More)

12/27/2012

Company phasing out microplastics

Company phasing out microplastics

Posted 5:09 PM 12/27/2012 by Joe Bevans

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Unilever, the maker of Vaseline, Axe deodorants and Dove soaps, among other cosmetic and hygiene products, says it will phase out the use of microplastics by 2015. Many soaps, skin scrubs and shower gels contain microplastics, which are tiny polyethelene beads. Scientists and (More)

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