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Tuesday, May 19, 2015According to police in Grand Junction, at about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, a 17-year-old teenage boy apparently sped off the south edge of Grand Avenue in the 700 block and then veered into the westbound lanes in the 800 block, where he struck a motorcyclist, identified as Preston Ellis, 57, and a parked car. Ellis was killed. The teen, who was armed, fled the scene with his backpack and a gun. He then forced a woman and her two children out of their SUV on the east side of Washington Park.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014Area:
Denver, COA teenager has life-threatening injuries after she crashed head-on with another car Wednesday. Just after noon the 17-year-old girl was speeding and crossed the median at Hwy 83 near Bayou Gulch Road near Franktown. The girl was sent to Littleton Adventist with life-threatening injures. The driver of the other car, a 60-year-old man, was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.
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Thursday, June 12, 2014Pueblo Police are investigating a car accident that killed a teenage girl early Friday morning (6/13/14)
The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near the corner of Pueblo Blvd. and Northern Ave. Police say information from the scene indicates the driver failed to negotiate a turn from Northern Ave. onto Pueblo Blvd., lost control and crashed into a power pole.
Witnesses reported hearing screams and saw three people running away from the scene. A 16-year-old girl was found dead in the car.
Police believe speed and alcohol may have played a role in the crash.
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Monday, June 2, 2014Area:
Denver, COOne teenager was killed and three teenagers were injured when the van they were in lost control during a turn early Tuesday morning, according to Fort Lupton Police.
Police said all of the victims were boys.
When Police Chief Ken Poncelow spoke to 9NEWS, he said he hadn't heard the exact ages, but he believed the boys were young teenagers.
Chief Poncelow said from the initial investigation of the crash it appeared the boys were speeding on Denver Avenue when they "failed to negotiate a turn" onto Ninth Street. The van hit a parked car and came to rest in a yard, Poncelow said.