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Monday, January 5, 2015One person was killed and three people seriously injured after a two-vehicle collision in Teller County Monday night shortly before 9 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy 24 and Teller CR 81, near Cripple Creek. A car hit an icy roadway and lost control, traveling into the opposite lane and colliding with a second oncoming car, sending the first vehicle down an embankment. The driver of the first car, Shangbao Tang, 38, of Colorado Springs, sustained minor injuries, and passenger in the car, Quanling Guan, 38, of Colorado Springs, suffered serious injuries.
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Sunday, October 19, 201435-year-old Jonathon Schrein died following a two-car collision at the intersection of Teller County Road 5 and Teller County Road 51. The accident occured on Sunday, October 20 when Schrein turned onto Teller County Road 51 when Preston Wells, 20, hit him. Wells failed to stop at the stop sign between the roads, which caused the collision. Schrein died at Penrose Main Hospital. Wells was not injured and has been charged with Careless Driving Causing Death.
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Monday, January 27, 2014A state snow plow was involved in a fatal traffic collision Tuesday near Cripple Creek.
The crash involving the snow plow and another vehicle happened on Colorado 67, said a Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
The person who died in the incident is not the snow plow driver, but was in the other vehicle, Ford said.
The Colorado State Patrol is on scene investigating.
The crash happened at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday about 12 miles south of Divide, state patrol Capt. Charles Cargin told the Gazette.