Automobile Accidents

• Man arrested for year-old car accident

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  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...

• Avalanche near Winter Park buries vehicles

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  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...

• Move over law improves safety on side of road

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Colorado law enforcement officials and emergency personnel risk their lives every day when they're pulled over on the side of the road to clock speeders or help people. That's why Governor Bill Ownes and the state legislature passed the "move over law" two years ago.The law says that motorists must move vehicles over a lane when passing emergency personnel or police on the side of the road. This...

• Accidents too common in Snowmass Canyon

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  An article in The Aspen Times points out the dangers of driving on the downvalley-bound entrance to Snowmass Canyon on Highway 82 in snowy, icy or simply cold weather. Too many motor vehicle accidents occur in this area each year. "That's a problematic area," Basalt fire chief Scott Thompson said. His district sent ambulances to roughly nine accidents at mile marker 30 last winter. He said there...

• Motorcycle Collides with Truck

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  The Daily Sentinel reported that a man from Grand Junction received serious injuries when his motorcycle collided with a truck on July 17. As the motorcyclist, Daniel Emert, drove down South Avenue, a truck making a left from Fourth Street onto South Avenue crashed into his vehicle. Unfortunately, Emert was not wearing his helmet, and while he seriously injured, his current condition is unknown....

• Alcohol May be Factor in Crash

  Staff Writer | July 16, 2006 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  According to the Grand Junction Sentinel, a driver who crashed his SUV into a duplex may have been intoxicated. Early Wednesday morning, Kevin Pickering driving 60 mph crashed into the duplex, knocking the frame from the foundation. None of the people in the home reported any injuries.

• Metal-Laced County Roads Blow Tires And Minds

  Staff Writer | April 20, 2006 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  If you've blown some tires recently driving along Geary Dome Road near Casper, you're not alone. Natrona County paved the road with gravel from the demolished Amoco refinery site in Casper, but Amoco failed to remove bits of metal from the crushed concrete. The bits of metal are ruining tires, and the county is now trolling the road with a magnet donated by Amoco, trying to pick up the bits of...

• I-70 accidents near Glenwood Springs involve seven vehicles, no injuries.

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  The GJ Sentinel reports that a series of accidents on a slick section of Interstate 70 west of Glenwood Springs involved seven vehicles and closed the eastbound lanes for a short time Wednesday morning but caused no injuries, according to the Colorado State Patrol.Click here to see the full article

• 75-Year Old Woman killed in crash near Mesa Mall

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2006 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Anna Pitts, 75, was driving westbound on Patterson Road in a Honda Accord when her car was struck by a Ford F-350 pickup driving eastbound, said Sgt. Dave Oswalt of the Grand Junction Police Department. The Daily Sentinel reported that the driver of the pickup truck was not considered to be at fault and was not cited.Click to see the full text of the Car Accident article.

• Year In Jail For Man In Car / Bike Accident

  Staff Writer | January 06, 2006 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Richard Hilton of Pagosa Springs will spend a year in jail for a car accident that killed a girl who was riding her bike on Highway 50 in Delta. The girls mother was also seriously injured in the accident.Hilton reportedly fell asleep at the wheel when his car veered off the road onto the shoulder and struck 10-year-old Samantha Carlson and her mother Lorry in August. He pleaded guilty to two...