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• Man arrested for year-old car accident

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 11:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  After a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred nearly one year ago, a man was just arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and other charges.The man, Jade Brandon Huskey, was originally thought to be a passenger in the car that killed a woman named Molly Gomez, presumably the driver. At the scene of the accident, Huskey admitted to drinking too much and reportedly had a blood-alcohol...

• Man indicted for fatal car accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 1:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Durango Herald reported yesterday that a Federal grand jury indicted a man in a tragic motor vehicle accident that killed two people just two months ago near Capote Lake.The man, Jamie L. Wood, was indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two women who were Southern Ute Indian Tribe members. Wood is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs, including marijuana...

• 2006 Summit County car crashes totaled 687

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An interesting article appeared yesterday in the Summit Daily News, detailing new statistics released by the Colorado State patrol about motor vehicle accidents in Summit County. While accidents that cause fatalities and injuries are decreasing, crashes related to DUI are increasing. Nearly half, or 330, of the 687 accidents in Summit County in 2006 resulted from drivers exceeding the speed...

• Avalanche near Winter Park buries vehicles

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A number of motor vehicles were buried with people in them Saturday in what a Denver official called Colorado's largest avalanche in history. The mammoth accident on US-40, just 60 miles to the west of Denver, amazingly resulted in no injuries or deaths. The rescue efforts began just after the avalanche hit at 10:30 a.m. Everyone trapped in their vehicles was successfully rescued because of the...