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Teen girl killed in single-vehicle crash at corner of Pueblo Blvd. and Northern Ave. in Pueblo, Colorado

Date: 
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
Pueblo 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.

Alyssa Shelton, 34, and two other people injured in head-on crash on Highway 50 near Pueblo, Colorado

Date: 
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
Three people were hurt in a head-on crash on Highway 50 near the Pueblo airport around 8:30 Monday (6/2/14) night. Pueblo Police said Alyssa Shelton, 34, was driving west in the eastbound lanes of Highway 50, west of the Pueblo Municipal Airport interchange. Police said she was also driving without headlights. Shelton's car hit a truck head-on that was heading east, police said. Witnesses told police that Shelton hit two other vehicles before that accident as well. Shelton and the driver of the truck are in critical condition, police said. A passenger in the truck was treated and released.

John Sebastian Ceplo, 19, killed, after his SUV leaves the Highway 50 roadway in Pueblo West and overturns multiple times, partially ejecting him from the vehicle.

Date: 
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO

A car crash Saturday morning kills one teenager, who is believed to have been drinking and not wearing a seatbelt.

It happened just after 6:00 a.m. on Highway 50 near East Enterprise Drive in Pueblo West.

19-year-old John Sebastian Ceplo, of Pueblo West was heading west on Highway 50 when his GMC started drifting off the road.

According to Colorado State Patrol Ceplo over-corrected, causing his SUV to roll multiple times off the opposide side of the road before colliding with a fence.

Ceplo was partially ejected from his vehicle.

John Krulik arrested, after a police pursuit leads to a car crash and then a foot pursuit in Colorado Springs.

Date: 
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO

Colorado Springs police have arrested a man who tried to escape through a fire station following a car accident.

Officers caught up with the suspect and arrested him. He is identified as John Krulik and he is facing charges of motor vehicle theft and criminal trespass.

Authorities say an officer was trying to stop a speeding Subaru on Thursday when the driver crashed.

5 people injured after a multi-car crash, including a State Patrol cruiser, on I-25 near Fountain.

Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO

Five people were injured in a car crash that happened south of Colorado Springs near Fountain.

A Colorado State Patrol cruiser was among the cars involved but the state trooper was not hurt.

State Troopers warned drivers about the icy conditions and asked them to drive slowly.

Female passenger killed, Nicholas Alvarado 20, injured and facing arrest, after he loses control of car at high speed and crashes into curb, ejecting his passenger.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO

A woman died and a man could face vehicular homicide charges after a late Tuesday crash in northeast Colorado Springs that closed Austin Bluffs Parkway for several hours, according to Colorado Springs police.

Nicholas Alvarado, 20, was identified by police as the driver of a teal Acura that was westbound on Austin Bluffs Parkway about 11:30 p.m. at a high rate of speed. Alvarado lost control trying to turn right and ran off the right side of the road, striking the curb, police said. The vehicle then rolled onto its left side, ejecting a female passenger who was in the back seat.

One person killed after pickup collides with snow plow truck on Colorado 67 in Teller County.

Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
A 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.

Construction worker killed when fire escape he was standing on collapses in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Date: 
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Area: 
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
A construction worker is dead after a fire escape he was standing on broke loose and crashed to the ground. Colorado Springs authorities say the worker fell 15 to 20 feet on Wednesday. He died before he could be taken to the hospital. Authorities say the man was working on a roofing project. The victim’s name has not been released.

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.