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Tractor-trailer overturns and catches fire on I-70 near Idaho Springs.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Area: 
Denver, CO

Travelers headed east on Interstate 70 faced long delays Thursday morning after a tractor trailer caught fire near the Twin Tunnels.

CDOT reported the crash around 9:30 a.m. By 1:45 p.m. the highway was reopened.

A tractor trailer carrying crushed cars rolled onto its side and caught fire, said Idaho Springs Police Chief Dave Wohlers.
I-70 was closed at Idaho Springs and drivers were detoured onto Highway 9 to U.S. 285 for several hours.

Travelers should be prepared for “extremely long delays.”

Boy 10, and sister 8, crash and roll SUV, in hospital with injuries.

Date: 
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO

Two children are in the hospital after taking the family SUV on a joyride and crashing.

The driver was just 10 years old and his sister, 8, was also in the vehicle early Monday morning in Colorado Springs on Union Boulevard near Memorial Park. They only got about three miles before they crashed and rolled the Dodge Durango.

The boy stole the car keys earlier in the day and took the car on a joyride around 1:30 a.m., hours after their mother put them to bed.

Ian G. Saj, 33, killed in hit-and-run incident while trying to flag down help on Highway 115; Jesse Plouvier, 21, charged with vehicular homicide

Date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash near Colorado Springs. The Colorado State Patrol says three people were involved in a rollover crash near mile marker 38 on state Highway 115 at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday. They were trying to flag down vehicles for help when one of them was struck and killed. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Ian G. Saj, of Brush.

Roberto Anaya, 58, and Roberto Villarreal, 57, die after trailer accident near Trinidad, Colorado

Date: 
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
The Colorado State Patrol says two men are dead after the trailer they were in crashed on the highway near Trinidad. The C.S.P. says the men were in a 2010 Freightliner that was pulling two trailers southbound on Interstate 25 Thursday morning. The accident happened after the driver failed to negotiate a curve, overcorrected, and lost control of the trailer, which rolled.

Empire man, 57, dies in fiery Interstate 70 wreck near Rifle, Colorado

Date: 
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Area: 
Denver, CO
A 57-year-old man from Empire died early Tuesday morning when his truck rolled on the shoulder of Interstate 70 and burst into flames, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The accident occurred just before 1 a.m. at mile marker 86, which is about 30 miles west of Glenwood Springs and five miles west of Rifle. The truck appears to have swerved for an unknown reason, driven off the right side of the highway, rolled and burst into flames according to the CSP. Both the vehicle and driver, who was ejected from the truck during the accident, were burned in the fire.