The accident took place on U.S. Highway 160 near the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park. James M. Minton Jr., 50, of Greenwood, Ark., was headed toward Durango when he drove off the road and then overcorrected into the oncoming westbound lane, Trooper Doug Wiersma, a public information officer with the Colorado State Patrol, said in a news release.
Minton's 2000 Ford pickup collided head-on with a 2006 Ford Explorer driven by 44-year-old Joey J. Sloan of Bixby, Okla. Wiersma said Minton was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the rear window of his truck upon impact. The Arkansas man suffered serious injuries, he said.
The Explorer rolled one time, causing what Wiersma said were moderate injuries to Sloan and his passenger, Misty J. Sloan, 36. The Sloans were both wearing seat belts.
Minton was taken by ambulance to Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez.
Charges are pending because the exact cause of the accident is still under investigation, but Wiersma said another driver had reported that Minton was driving erratically just before the accident.
Highway 160 was closed to traffic in both directions for about an hour and a half during the investigation and cleanup.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Fatal wreck- Truck flips, hits building
A 48-year-old man died in a single-vehicle accident in downtown Newnan Thursday night after his truck flipped several times and crashed into the 75 Jackson office complex located in the curve of Jefferson Street near Oak Hill Cemetery.
Ivan Girard of Newnan was driving a 2002 Ford truck that belonged to the construction company he worked for out of Tyrone, according to Lt. Nat Brown of the Newnan Police Department traffic unit.
Around 11:30 p.m., a witness saw Girard driving on Jefferson Street headed into downtown Newnan. That witness said Girard passed him at a high rate of speed near Farmer Street. By the time the witness reached the area of Pizza Hut and Bank of Coweta, he reportedly saw smoke billowing.
According to Brown, Girard attempted to negotiate the left-hand curve and, instead, went straight. His truck flipped at least three times and hit a concrete barrier, a sidewalk and a building within the 75 Jackson complex.
Newnan Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene and worked for approximately one hour to free Girard. Coweta County Deputy Coroner Bart Henson pronounced him dead on the scene, according to Brown.
Authorities estimate from the length of the skid marks that Girard must have been traveling in excess of about 70 miles per hour as he entered the Jefferson Street curve. Brown said Girard had a Newnan address but a Colorado license, so Brown is unsure whether or not Girard was familiar with the area.
There was no indication that Girard had been drinking, said Brown. It didn't appear Girard was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Authorities have listed the cause of the accident as "too fast for conditions."
No one else was injured.
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Ivan Girard of Newnan was driving a 2002 Ford truck that belonged to the construction company he worked for out of Tyrone, according to Lt. Nat Brown of the Newnan Police Department traffic unit.
Around 11:30 p.m., a witness saw Girard driving on Jefferson Street headed into downtown Newnan. That witness said Girard passed him at a high rate of speed near Farmer Street. By the time the witness reached the area of Pizza Hut and Bank of Coweta, he reportedly saw smoke billowing.
According to Brown, Girard attempted to negotiate the left-hand curve and, instead, went straight. His truck flipped at least three times and hit a concrete barrier, a sidewalk and a building within the 75 Jackson complex.
Newnan Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene and worked for approximately one hour to free Girard. Coweta County Deputy Coroner Bart Henson pronounced him dead on the scene, according to Brown.
Authorities estimate from the length of the skid marks that Girard must have been traveling in excess of about 70 miles per hour as he entered the Jefferson Street curve. Brown said Girard had a Newnan address but a Colorado license, so Brown is unsure whether or not Girard was familiar with the area.
There was no indication that Girard had been drinking, said Brown. It didn't appear Girard was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Authorities have listed the cause of the accident as "too fast for conditions."
No one else was injured.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Springs Girl Hit By Truck Is Home From Hospital
COLORADO SPRINGS - A happy homecoming for a little girl hit by a truck nearly three weeks ago. Shyenne Daly was crossing Platte Avenue when she was hit. She woke up in Memorial Hospital's Intensive Care Unit with no memory of the accident. She spent 17 days in the hospital. "I only felt like I'd been there 5 days but that's cuz I was in a coma and everything" she says.
The accident happened July 20th in the 2100 block of Platte. Shyenne had just gotten back from a Florida vacation and was visiting friends when she darted across the street to see a boy. She suffered a compound fracture of her left leg, broken bones in her pelvis and a head injury. "All the prayers and the best wishes, I know that's what got me through it and I'm sure that's helped Shyenne get through it as well, you couldn't really ask for anything more, it could've been a lot worse" said Chuck Daly, Shyenne's dad.
Shyenne will spend three months in a wheelchair. The family will find out next week whether she can return to school or will need a tutor.
The driver who hit Shyenne was not at fault and no charges were filed.
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The accident happened July 20th in the 2100 block of Platte. Shyenne had just gotten back from a Florida vacation and was visiting friends when she darted across the street to see a boy. She suffered a compound fracture of her left leg, broken bones in her pelvis and a head injury. "All the prayers and the best wishes, I know that's what got me through it and I'm sure that's helped Shyenne get through it as well, you couldn't really ask for anything more, it could've been a lot worse" said Chuck Daly, Shyenne's dad.
Shyenne will spend three months in a wheelchair. The family will find out next week whether she can return to school or will need a tutor.
The driver who hit Shyenne was not at fault and no charges were filed.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Plea deal reached in fatal crash, lawyer says
An attorney Thursday said a plea agreement has been reached for a man accused of causing a deadly accident while fleeing a state trooper.
The deal is expected to be formalized Aug. 27 in District Judge Richard Gurley’s courtroom.
John Burkey, the deputy public defender who represents Logan Lage, told Gurley the delay in entering the plea Thursday was necessary because the Colorado Court of Appeals still has jurisdiction in the case.
Mesa County prosecutors haven’t disclosed specific terms of the deal, but have said Lage will be asked to plead guilty to at least one charge stemming from the death of Lileigh Lehnen.
Lage, 25, is accused of driving a Jeep head-on into a vehicle driven by then-26-year-old Shea Lehnen on Nov. 6, 2007. She was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time. Her daughter, Lileigh, was delivered via emergency Cesarean section but died within hours.
The Colorado Court of Appeals in May upheld a lower court judge’s decision to dismiss a murder charge filed by the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office.
Lage is still charged with child abuse resulting in death, vehicular eluding, careless driving causing death and vehicular assault while driving under the influence.
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The deal is expected to be formalized Aug. 27 in District Judge Richard Gurley’s courtroom.
John Burkey, the deputy public defender who represents Logan Lage, told Gurley the delay in entering the plea Thursday was necessary because the Colorado Court of Appeals still has jurisdiction in the case.
Mesa County prosecutors haven’t disclosed specific terms of the deal, but have said Lage will be asked to plead guilty to at least one charge stemming from the death of Lileigh Lehnen.
Lage, 25, is accused of driving a Jeep head-on into a vehicle driven by then-26-year-old Shea Lehnen on Nov. 6, 2007. She was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time. Her daughter, Lileigh, was delivered via emergency Cesarean section but died within hours.
The Colorado Court of Appeals in May upheld a lower court judge’s decision to dismiss a murder charge filed by the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office.
Lage is still charged with child abuse resulting in death, vehicular eluding, careless driving causing death and vehicular assault while driving under the influence.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Driver cited in accident that sent car into Lake Granby
The Colorado State Patrol has completed its investigation involving an H3 Hummer that ended up in Lake Granby on Aug. 3. The incident threatened the lives of five people inside the sinking vehicle.
Jun Li, 78, of China, who rode in the rented Hummer's front passenger seat, remained trapped inside the vehicle prior to being saved by witnesses, Grand County EMS and sheriff's personnel.
The Colorado State Patrol issued a citation to the driver of the vehicle, Qiang Zhao, 45, of Setauka, N.Y., for careless driving causing bodily injury. According to the police report, the Hummer was struck when Zhao attempted to pass the utility truck driven by Lucas Thom, 30, of Loveland, while Thom was turning left into the Grand Elk Marina. The report states that witnesses confirmed Thom had indicated the turn with a turn signal.
Thom and his passenger Joseph Gonsalez, 32, of Loveland went to the aid of the Hummer passengers, witnesses said. Xi Zhang, 20, of Boulder, Kevin Cao, 11, of Setauka, N.Y., and Guo Zhao, 76, of China, along with driver Quiang Zhao were able to escape the sinking vehicle and make it safely to shore, yet Li remained trapped by her seat belt and nearly drowned.
Li was flown to St. Anthony Central, Denver. She has survived the trauma.
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Jun Li, 78, of China, who rode in the rented Hummer's front passenger seat, remained trapped inside the vehicle prior to being saved by witnesses, Grand County EMS and sheriff's personnel.
The Colorado State Patrol issued a citation to the driver of the vehicle, Qiang Zhao, 45, of Setauka, N.Y., for careless driving causing bodily injury. According to the police report, the Hummer was struck when Zhao attempted to pass the utility truck driven by Lucas Thom, 30, of Loveland, while Thom was turning left into the Grand Elk Marina. The report states that witnesses confirmed Thom had indicated the turn with a turn signal.
Thom and his passenger Joseph Gonsalez, 32, of Loveland went to the aid of the Hummer passengers, witnesses said. Xi Zhang, 20, of Boulder, Kevin Cao, 11, of Setauka, N.Y., and Guo Zhao, 76, of China, along with driver Quiang Zhao were able to escape the sinking vehicle and make it safely to shore, yet Li remained trapped by her seat belt and nearly drowned.
Li was flown to St. Anthony Central, Denver. She has survived the trauma.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Man, 24, killed in Boulder Canyon truck crash
BOULDER, Colo. — A Thornton man was killed when his three-axle truck lost control Tuesday morning in Boulder Canyon.
The man, identified by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office as Omar Enrique Silva Marmolejo, 24, was driving an empty asphalt truck east on Boulder Canyon Drive when it appeared the truck lost its ability to brake and wrecked about 10:30 a.m., said Colorado State Patrol Capt. Stephen Bellinger.
A witness who was driving behind the truck when it lost control told Bellinger that the truck’s tires were smoking and that the brake lights were flashing on and off, but the truck didn’t slow down.
The truck crossed into oncoming traffic and ran into the side of the mountain at about mile marker 32, removing at least one tree before landing upside-down on boulders, Bellinger said.
Skid marks found about a mile west of the accident suggested the driver lost control before the turn and was gaining speed, he said.
Marmolejo, who was ejected from the vehicle, was pinned under the tractor and pronounced dead at the scene, Bellinger said.
Emergency officials from the Sugarloaf Fire Department, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and State Patrol responded to the accident, which closed traffic between Barker Reservoir and Sugarloaf Road for most of the day
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The man, identified by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office as Omar Enrique Silva Marmolejo, 24, was driving an empty asphalt truck east on Boulder Canyon Drive when it appeared the truck lost its ability to brake and wrecked about 10:30 a.m., said Colorado State Patrol Capt. Stephen Bellinger.
A witness who was driving behind the truck when it lost control told Bellinger that the truck’s tires were smoking and that the brake lights were flashing on and off, but the truck didn’t slow down.
The truck crossed into oncoming traffic and ran into the side of the mountain at about mile marker 32, removing at least one tree before landing upside-down on boulders, Bellinger said.
Skid marks found about a mile west of the accident suggested the driver lost control before the turn and was gaining speed, he said.
Marmolejo, who was ejected from the vehicle, was pinned under the tractor and pronounced dead at the scene, Bellinger said.
Emergency officials from the Sugarloaf Fire Department, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and State Patrol responded to the accident, which closed traffic between Barker Reservoir and Sugarloaf Road for most of the day
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