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• Hit and Run and Pedestrian accidents are up in Denver

  April 1, 2013 4:33 AM

  Auto versus pedestrian accidents and hit and runs are both up in Denver. Numbers were up 40% in January and February. Just this weekend they had to add three more to the list. Several of the accidents have been fatal, including one this weekend. According to the Denver Post, police... more »

• New pedestrian bridge makes kids safer

  March 16, 2012 2:22 PM

  A new pedestrian bridge will make walking to school safer at Stratmoor Hills Elementary. The bridge eliminates children having to cross B Street, some railroad tracks and Loomis Avenue on their way to and from school. The bridge is also lighted and provides some protection from bad weather. ... more »

• Springs woman escapes serious injury after Jeep crashes through yard Play Video

  March 14, 2012 8:05 PM

  It was a close call for a Colorado Springs woman who was hit by a Jeep Wednesday afternoon when the driver veered onto the sidewalk and crashed through her yard along in 800 block of N. Walnut Street near Bristol Elementary. Police say Allison Reams, 35, jumped out of... more »

• Update: I-25 now open

  March 13, 2012 5:14 PM

  I-25 is now open through Pueblo. The interstate was closed northbound for more than two hours after a woman got out of a car and ran into oncoming traffic. She was hit by a truck. That truck then ran into another vehicle. The woman was critically injured. No one... more »

• I-25 still closed after pedestrian accident

  March 13, 2012 4:12 PM

  Interstate 25 remains closed northbound from near the Arkansas River in Pueblo to 4th Street after a serious accident. Pueblo Police report a woman was in a car when she told the driver to pull over because she felt sick. That woman than ran into traffic near 1st Street... more »

• Fatal auto v pedestrian accident under investigation

  May 29, 2011 2:37 PM

  Pueblo Police are continuing to investigate a fatal traffic accident that occurred Saturday night on the 700 block of East 4th Street. Police say that a 44 year old man was walking on the street near oncoming traffic eastbound when a 1983 Ford LTD struck the man as he stepped... more »

• Man hit by train in Colorado Springs

  April 17, 2011 11:57 PM

  One man is recovering in the hospital after getting hit by a train in Colorado Springs Sunday night. It all happened around eight near Cimarron and Sierra Madre. The conductor of the train tells us a man was walking on the train tracks when he hit the brakes. The train... more »

• Police need witnesses to hit and run accident

  March 4, 2011 6:53 PM

  Colorado Springs Police are asking for help in finding the person who failed to stop after hitting a pedestrian last night. It happened around 9 p.m. on East Fountain and South Chelton. A man was hit by a vehicle and knocked to the ground. His right leg was seriously... more »

• Three more arrested in Denver hit and run

  January 27, 2011 2:23 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Three more people have been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Denver, including a woman who was minutes away from flying to Mexico. Denver police said Thursday that 32-year-old Norma Paola Vera-Nolasco was arrested Wednesday night at the Phoenix airport after her plane... more »

• Pedestrian killed in Pueblo County

  January 13, 2011 12:44 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office says a 24 year old man was killed Wednesday night when he was struck by a driver. It happened on the 3900 block of Bergemann Rd. south of Highway 78 between Pueblo and Beulah. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office says it appears the... more »

• New kind of pedestrian crossing installed

  January 6, 2011 2:56 PM

  Editors note: This has been postponed due to weather until Wednesday at 11 a.m. The City of Colorado Springs has installed a new kind of pedestrian-crossing signal adjacent to Edison Elementary School at 3125 N. Hancock Avenue. The signal will be turned on Monday at 11 a.m. The... more »

• Elephant bridge planned at Denver Zoo

  November 11, 2010 6:30 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Denver Zoo is installing a 55-foot-long bridge that will take Asian elephants from one habitat to another while human visitors walk along a pathway below. Indian rhinos and Malayan tapirs will also use the bridge in turn as they rotate through different outdoor yards throughout... more »

• Trail under Pueblo bridge to close for a month

  November 8, 2010 2:16 PM

  The Arkansas River Trail, which runs under the West 4th Street Bridge, will be closed for approximately a month, beginning on Wednesday. Construction crews are installing rip rap along the shores of the river. Rip rap is made of stone and is used to control erosion. The trail... more »

• Colorado pedestrian dies in Iowa

  November 8, 2010 9:25 AM

  HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a Colorado man walking on Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa was killed when he was hit by a car. The Fremont County sheriff's office told Atlantic radio station KJAN that Mark Torgerson, 52, of Loveland, was walking in the southbound lane when he... more »

• Update: Hit and Run Accident Leaves Man in Hospital

  October 31, 2010 2:32 PM

  Update: The suspect, 32 year Julian Dumont contacted and turned himself in to the Colorado Springs Police. He faces charges that fall under Accidents Involving Injuries and Duty to Report Accidents. Original Story: Shortly after 2:00 Sunday morning, Colorado Springs Police were dispatched to a reported traffic... more »

• Skateboarder could be ticketed after being hit by car

  August 26, 2010 3:55 PM

  A man who lost control of his skateboard and was hit by a car on South Circle Drive while chasing after it could be ticketed for causing the accident. Antjuan Peebles Bennett, 21, was taken in an ambulance to the hospital with what were described as non-life threatening injuries.... more »

• New info: Pedestrian killed in Pueblo was woman

  July 28, 2010 10:05 AM

  Pueblo Police say the pedestrian killed by a car last night was a woman. She was around 50-years-old. Her name has not been released because family members have not been notified. Police told Georgiann Lymberopoulos that the driver of the car that hit the woman stopped immediately. Alcohol and... more »

• Man dies in traffic after surviving a rollover crash

  April 11, 2010 9:16 AM

  Colorado State Troopers say that early Saturday morning, a man was struck and killed while walking in the lane of traffic on Weld County Road 49 (WCR 49). Apparently the man had just rolled his Jeep Cherokee while driving southbound on WCR 49. The man was able to free... more »

• Cyclist becomes 4th Denver-area bus-crash fatality in 5 days

  April 8, 2010 8:32 AM

  A cyclist hit by a bus in Lafayette has died, making him the fourth fatality in five days involving a Regional Transportation District bus. Authorities in the city north of Denver say 42-year-old Marvin "Chip" Webb of Lafayette died Wednesday. Police say a bus collided with the cyclist as... more »

• Police: Car that hit student was going 70

  March 25, 2010 6:17 PM

  Colorado Springs police say a teenage driver accused of fatally striking a 15-year-old pedestrian was going 30 miles above the speed limit when the accident happened. Police say 19-year-old Erick Ryan was traveling 70 mph and trying to pass to cars when he allegedly hit Ali Aashiq last... more »

• Update: Circle now open after deadly auto pedestrian accident

  March 15, 2010 9:27 AM

  Southbound Circle is now open between Airport and Fountain in Colorado Springs after a deadly auto-pedestrian accident. Colorado Springs police say at around 6:40 a.m. Monday morning, a car traveling southbound on Circle struck and killed a man crossing the road. A witness to the accident attempted CPR on... more »

• Caught on cam: Police officer slams into wheelchair bound man

  March 8, 2010 12:09 PM

  A wheelchair-bound New Jersey man is recovering after being struck by a police cruiser. Officer William Stadnick's dashboard camera was rolling last month when he struck 73-year old Ludwig Lomberk as Lomberk was rolling across a busy Millville street. Amazingly, Lomberk survived the horrific crash, although he did suffer... more »

• Pedestrian killed in traffic crash in Pueblo

  December 17, 2009 12:08 AM

  Pueblo police are investigating a deadly accident, near the Rawlings Library. Investigators say a 50-year-old pedestrian was running across Abriendo Avenue, when they were struck by a Ford Ranger pick-up truck. Police say the pedestrian, who is not being identified, was mid-block and not in any crosswalk. They were... more »

• Teen detained in hitting and injuring pedestrian

  October 18, 2009 11:42 AM

  Early on Saturday morning the Colorado Springs Police Department was notified of a man down at Chelton Road and S. Academy Blvd. The responding Patrol Officers and EMS personnel located 18 year-old Jeremy Russeau of Colorado Springs, who had sustained serious injuries to the head. Russeau was transported to... more »