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A Santa Fe man was killed early Saturday morning when he failed to negotiate a sharp curve on Agua Fria near Airport Road and his car struck a guard rail, partially ejecting him through the window.
Francisco Chavez, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the sheriff’s office: Chavez, who was not wearing a seat beat was, was thrown into the passenger side of his Chevrolet Cobalt and bent the car’s door frame. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash but excessive speed is being investigated as a cause.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are searching for a driver who killed a Tacoma man in a three-car crash Monday morning and fled on foot. The accident happened just before 6 a.m. in the 400 block of Waller Road. “We believe the hit-and-run driver crossed the center line and struck the victim head-on,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. Douglas Davis, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Davis worked at The Boeing Company. A third car crashed into the wreckage. That driver was not seriously injured.
A 51-year-old man died Monday morning after what authorities say may have been an accidental hanging at a water storage and pump station south of Keenseburg.
Emergency crews including the Weld County Sheriff's Office were called around 10 a.m. to the oil and gas-related operation near the intersection of Weld County roads 40 and 57 on a report of a man who was not breathing, said Shane Scofield, a spokesman with the sheriff's office.
Authorities responded and found a man who was not breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
One person was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Grand Rapids Monday morning. Around 7 a.m. Monday, Grand Rapids Police were called to a scene near the intersection of Michigan Street and Bel Air Drive NE. Police say a pedestrian was killed in the accident. The driver that hit the victim fled the scene. A passerby found the victim, a woman, in the road. Police think the victim was walking to work. Police say there were no witnesses to the accident. They believe it is a hit and run accident because some debris was found in the road.