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• Driver killed in head-on crash with semi

  December 3, 2012 1:27 PM

  CHEYENNE COUNTY - A 28-year old man died in a head-on collision with a semi-truck in Cheyenne County. The accident happened at around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning along Colorado Highway 40 near milepost 438. State troopers say the crash victim was headed west a 2000 Dodge Durango when he... more »

• Video of the Day: Semi Prank

  July 30, 2012 7:27 AM

  Waking up to a semi-truck coming straight at you? Nope, just one mean prank. Click here to see it in our Video of the Day. more »

• Semi rollover closes NB I-25

  February 14, 2012 7:13 AM

  A semi-truck has overturned into the median on I-25 at MM 73. Pueblo County Sheriff's Deputies say they there were two people in the truck, and have now called Flight for Life. It happened around 4:30 this morning. Right now we're not sure about extent of injuries.... more »

• Driver dies after truck hits bison in Colorado

  September 1, 2010 8:49 AM

  A Kansas man has died after the semitrailer he was driving ran into a bison on the plains east of Denver. The Colorado State Patrol has identified the man as Maynard Bontrager, 74, of South Hutchinson, Kansas. State Trooper Nate Reid says Bontrager was driving west on Colorado... more »

• Commercial vehicle checks planned for Wednesday

  August 16, 2010 1:24 PM

  Several local law enforcement agencies will conduct random safety checks of commercial vehicles on Wednesday. The project involves the Colorado Springs Police Department, the Colorado State Patrol, the Colorado Department of Revenue, El Paso County Sheriff and Monument Police Department. Commercial vehicles, which generally are large and heavy, will... more »

• NTSB investigating deadly school bus accident

  August 6, 2010 9:41 AM

  Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are in Missouri to look at the horrific interstate crash that killed a 15-year-old girl on a school bus and the driver of another vehicle. NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hunt said Friday that investigators will look into school bus safety and construction... more »

• 2 dead, 50 hurt in school bus crash

  August 5, 2010 12:59 PM

  Two school buses on the way to an amusement park collided with a tractor-trailer on a Missouri interstate near St. Louis, killing two and injuring as many as 50. The buses were carrying teens from the St. James School District, members of a school band on the way to... more »

• I-25 rollover south of Pueblo

  July 13, 2010 8:10 AM

  A semi has rolled over on I-25 about 30 miles south of Pueblo. The crash is at milemarker 71. One lane is blocked by emergency vehicles. There's no word on injuries, or when the crash will be cleared. more »

• Man rides 17 miles on the back of a semi

  June 18, 2010 7:44 PM

  Police say a man called 911 from the back of a tractor-trailer after he jumped onto the truck as a bet with a drinking buddy, then traveled nearly 17 miles on an Ohio highway. WCMH-TV reports that 24-year-old Brandon Farmer told a Fayette County dispatcher early Friday that it... more »

• Snowy road blamed for deadly crash

  March 24, 2010 2:36 PM

  The driver of a car lost control on a snowpacked highway, spun out of control and into the path of an oncoming semi. The semi slammed into the car, killing the driver. The victim of the accident has been identified as Andy Voss, 52, of Eads. The accident happened... more »

• Update: 6 people killed when bus collides with semi

  March 5, 2010 9:59 AM

  Arizona authorities say six people were killed after a passenger bus was clipped by another vehicle and rolled over on the interstate south of Phoenix. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says 15 others, including two 11-year-olds, were injured in the Friday morning accident on Interstate 10 about... more »

• HIghway 50 reopens

  December 31, 2009 4:46 PM

  A possible Hazmat situation in eastern Pueblo County is over. State Patrol says they found no Hazardous materials at the scene at Highway 50 near Boone. The road was closed in both directions for three hours No one has been injured. more »

• Semi-truck hits snow plow near Trinidad

  December 2, 2009 5:53 PM

  A C-DOT snowplow was hit by a semi-truck on I-25 Wednesday, sending two people to the hospital. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the snowplow was clearing the left southbound lane. A semidriven by Kyle Somers, 21 of Rutherglen, VA was also in the left lane. Somers, swerved at... more »

• Debate continues over political semi-trailers

  September 15, 2009 7:43 PM

  The Colorado Department of Transportation is urging county leaders to enforce laws that ban political semi-trailers. The trailers pop up every political season around Pueblo. They're illegal in the county and state law doesn't allow them parked near state highways. But some argue the trailers are a freedom of speech,... more »

• One fatality in semi vs car accident

  September 6, 2009 9:41 AM

  The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigation a two vehicle head-on accident, which resulted in one fatality and one injury. At approximately 2:30a.m. on Saturday, 18 miles south of Springfield, a 1999 Saturn SC2, driven by a 42 year old Joann Webb, of Casper, WY, was traveling southbound on Colorado... more »