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• Driver in deadly auto-pedestrian accident had clean record Play Video

  November 28, 2012 12:23 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Flowers, balloons and candles mark the area along Pikes Peak Avenue where two young people lost their lives in a car accident Monday afternoon. Neto White, 9, and Leondro Carabajal, 17, were trying to push a stalled minivan out of traffic along with Neto's 10-year-old sister... more »

• Jogger killed by out-of-control SUV

  April 8, 2012 10:54 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Authorities say an out-of-control SUV struck and killed a jogger before ripping across a church lawn and smashing into a Denver home, pinning the resident against a refrigerator in the kitchen. Police say witnesses told them the driver was speeding when the vehicle hit the male jogger... more »

• Victim warns of car part thefts Play Video

  January 24, 2012 5:41 PM

  If you drive an SUV and leave it parked outside, watch out. Thieves are now stealing parts right off of parked vehicles. Mary Arneson had the catalytic converter stolen from her Toyota Forerunner this weekend. She didn't drive until Monday morning and immediately thought the muffler had been removed... more »

• Police puzzled over abduction report

  March 24, 2011 11:50 AM

  Colorado Springs Police took a report about a possible abduction last night, but have no reports of anyone missing. A citizen called after 8 p.m. saying she saw a Cadillac SUV stop near a woman on Dublin. According to the report the driver yelled at the woman, punched her... more »

• Pedestrian killed in Boulder hit-and-run

  March 6, 2011 3:20 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder police are looking for the driver of an SUV they say fatally struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. Witnesses told police the vehicle that hit the victim was a dark-colored SUV similar to a Rav 4 or Nissan Xterra but investigators have no... more »

• Witnesses react to dragging death

  February 23, 2011 11:18 PM

  Stunned witnesses watched helplessly Wednesday afternoon as the driver of a black SUV drove more than a mile dragging tow truck operator Allen Rose behind. "I was in total shock at the time and didn't know what was going on," says a man identified simply as Mike. Mike was... more »

• Humane Society still looking for whoever threw puppy out of SUV

  February 7, 2011 6:24 PM

  Whoever tossed a puppy out of an SUV in a Colorado Springs convenience store parking lot remains at-large despite tens of thousands of YouTube views of the incident. The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) posted the video Friday afternoon. As of Monday afternoon, it had been... more »

• SUV rams PETCO

  November 5, 2010 7:45 PM

  An SUV rammed a PETCO store at about 1:30 Friday afternoon in Highlands Ranch. Six people were taken to hospitals, at least one of those was critically injured. Witnesses said an elderly woman was driving a Dodge Durango when she lost control and hit the front of the... more »

• Pueblo motor scooter accident victim identified

  September 9, 2010 2:09 PM

  The man killed in a motor scooter accident in Pueblo Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Dennis Aguilar, 52. Aguilar died when he crashed into the back of an SUV that had stopped. He was not wearing a helmet. Police say no charges will be filed against the SUV... more »

• Detroit mayor's wheels stolen, SUV left on blocks

  September 2, 2010 12:02 PM

  No vehicle is safe in Detroit--not even the mayor's. His SUV was robbed of its wheels and put up on cinder blocks by the thieves. The SUV was parked outside a Detroit condo that has gated parking and a parking attendant. more »

• Stolen SUV crashes into Colorado Springs house

  August 27, 2010 9:38 AM

  A stolen SUV crashed into a home in the 3000 block of E. Pikes Peak Ave. The driver fled the scene, but was later caught by police. It happened just after 5 am Friday. The suspect is being held on charges including hit and run and motor vehicle theft.... more »

• California crash kills 6, injured dozen

  August 10, 2010 11:21 AM

  A university cheerleading coach is among six people killed in a fiery crash in California's eastern Sierra Nevada that injured a dozen student-athletes. California Baptist University says Wendy Rice died Monday night when an SUV swerved into the center median on U.S. Highway 395 near the town of Bishop,... more »

• Colorado family killed in fiery Texas crash

  August 2, 2010 8:28 AM

  A wrong-way driver is being blamed for a head-on crash that left the driver and a family of 4 in the other vehicle dead. The family was in an SUV with Colorado license plates. The Texas Department of Public Safety in Childress says the crash happened around daybreak Sunday... more »

• Teen dies from injuries in I-25 crash

  June 14, 2010 12:08 PM

  A teenager has died as a result of injuries she suffered in a traffic accident on I-25 in Pueblo Sunday, according to Capt. Linda Grisham, Pueblo Police Dept. Megan Munoz, 14, of Littleton, was thrown from her mother's SUV when it rolled on I-25. Her mother, Rosie Suarez, was... more »

• Parking attendants trained to watch for terrorists

  May 14, 2010 2:47 PM

  Parking attendants and meter maids could be the nation's latest line of defense against terror attacks. A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious. They're told to look for abandoned cars, or people hanging around garages, taking... more »

• Suspected money courier sought in NYC bomb plot

  May 7, 2010 8:22 AM

  A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man's Times Square car bomb plot. The official said authorities know the name of the suspected courier. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because of the... more »

• Toyota to recall about 50,000 Sequoia SUVs

  April 28, 2010 11:40 AM

  Toyota says it is recalling about 50,000 Sequoia sport utility vehicles from the 2003 model year to fix an unexpected slowing of the vehicle. The problem is with the vehicle's electronic stability control. Toyota says they have no reports of accidents or injuries. The stability control system helps maintain traction... more »

• Toyota to recall 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUVs

  April 19, 2010 1:58 PM

  A Transportation Department official says Toyota will recall the 2010 Lexus GX 460 to address a potential problem with the SUV rolling over. The recall affects about 6,000 vehicles that have been sold since the SUV went on sale in late December. Consumer Reports issued a "Don't Buy" warning... more »

• Toyota says it duplicates SUV test; recalls minivans

  April 17, 2010 1:02 PM

  Toyota says it's engineers have duplicated the test results that led Consumer Reports to issue a rare "don't buy" warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460 over worries that the vehicle could roll over. Lexus says it's evaluating potential remedies, but it's "too early to speculate" on what they might... more »

• Angry man crashes into store

  February 5, 2010 11:58 AM

  Police in Pinson, Alabama are trying to figure out why an angry man drove his SUV through a convenience store. "You know you about to die, ain't ya? Both y'all," the man said to the two people inside the store immediately before the crash. Moments later the he... more »

• Deer jumps into SUV, injures driver

  January 22, 2010 1:38 PM

  A Georgia man was commuting to work when a deerjumped through the window of his SUV, and head-butted him. The deer's back end was hanging out of the vehicle as Clarence Johnson and his surprised passenger drove down the road. "I was just riding listening to Ricky Smiley and... more »

• Tree surfer slams into car, injures head

  December 29, 2009 2:56 PM

  Authorities say a man in Southern California riding a Christmas tree being dragged behind an SUV slammed into a parked car and was hospitalized with head injuries. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 18-year-old and another teenager were Christmas tree surfing, a seasonal Internet fad. Capt. Greg McKeown... more »

• SUV slams into Indiana daycare center

  December 3, 2009 1:07 PM

  A sport-utility vehicle that may have been involved in a police chase crashed into an Indianapolis day care center, possibly injuring children, NBC News reported. It was unclear how many children were involved. Multiple ambulances were called about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday to the scene of Stepping Stones Child... more »

• 'Elephant!' SUV sideswipes circus escapee

  November 7, 2009 10:20 AM

  It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? An Oklahoma couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday. "Didn't have time to hit the brakes. The elephant... more »

• "Westernized" daughter run over by her Dad

  October 22, 2009 11:58 AM

  Arizona police are searching for a man accused of intentionally running over his daughter and her friend. Investigators say Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, ran down his daughter Noor Faleh Almaleki and Amal Edan Khalaf in a Peoria parking lot on Tuesday. Almaleki was driving a silver... more »