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• Hoover Dam bypass clean-up after crane collapse

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  On September 15, 2006, high winds caused two 280-foot-tall steel cranes to collapse in a major construction accident at the site of the $234 million Hoover Dam bypass project. This week, a crew of divers is working to clean up the debris from the Colorado River. A story in Central Utah's Daily Herald details the construction accident that caused $50 million in damages and set back the project's...

• The Fair Act – How Does It Effect Colorado Consumers?

  Kyle Bachus | June 12, 2008 4:00 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  "Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act" also known as the FAIR Act, claims to provide easy access to health and automobile insurance coverage for all Coloradans and create new reporting requirements...

• Text-Messaging Causing Car Accidents

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  State troopers say cell phone text messaging is causing more accidents than ever before. The problem is that while it's easy to spot people talking at the wheel, it is much harder to catch people texting at the wheel. Troopersare convinced cell phone use is causing wrecks, but drivers never admit to it. Trooper Lonnie Haschell sees drivers do it, but he can't stop them. "Unless there is...

• Horrible Car Crash Kills Three

  April Armani | July 05, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A horrible motor vehicle collision has left a mother, father and son dead with another toddler injured. The crash happened south of E. Mississippi Avenue and S. Chambers Road around 11 pm last night. A red 2002 Ford F650 tow truck was headed northbound on Chambers and hit a 1997 Honda CRV traveling in the same direction. The two truck then crossed the center median where it hit a 2003 Nissan...

• Wagner Paint Sprayers Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | May 05, 2009 2:07 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Wagner Paint Sprayers has voluntarily recalled its Paint Sprayers because the on-off switch can be dislodged from the casing resulting in exposure to electrical connections which poses a shock...

• Parents Sue Bully. School District Next?

  Linda Snyder | March 27, 2008 7:45 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO

  I find the whole concept of bullying to be interesting. You get a bunch of kids who decide that another kid is, for whatever reason, is a target for mental and physical abuse. And because bullying has been around since the time of cavemen, it's a somewhat socially acceptable behavior. The school district in Fayetteville, Arkansas may proclaim that they have a zero tolerance policy, but clearly...

• Risks of Cell Phone Use While Driving

  Margaret Embry | May 13, 2009 2:14 PM | 2 CommentsDenver, CO

  A year ago, Michelle Smith hit and killed a 9-year-old girl, Erica Forney, riding her bike in the bike lane in Fort Collins. Though she doesn't have a clear memory of the crash, it is believed that...

• 6 Face Charges In Drunk Driving Accident That Killed Teen

  Chrissie Cole | June 26, 2007 1:09 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Six people are facing criminal charges in a drunk driving accident that claimed the life of a teenage girl, 17, in a head-on car crash in March.Her friend was also seriously injured in the accident. Authorities say, another teen, 17, was driving drunk when she crossed the median into oncoming traffic. Now, charges are being filed against all the teenagers in the vehicle and the liquor store...

• Lights, Camera, Traffic Ticket. Denver plans to use Red-Light Cameras.

  Linda Snyder | April 13, 2008 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  We’ve at some point in our driving careers, we’ve run a red light. Whether it’s been intentional, “gunning it” to beat the light or just not paying attention when the light changes, let’s admit...

• Fatigue a Factor in Another Semi-Truck Accident

  Linda Snyder | March 03, 2008 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Troopers say 54-year-old James Strauss of Oklahoma City, Okla., was driving east in a fully-loaded semi-truck on I-70, when his vehicle went off the right side of the highway, between an embankment and a guardrail. The semi-truck then rolled onto its right side and slid down an embankment where it struck the concrete support pillar under I-70, leaving it entangled within the remaining support...