A Colorado truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal trucking accident occured in Rapid City, South Dakota. The 53-year-old driver worked for a Denver-based trucking company called Navajo Express. The trucker crossed the median on Interstate 90 and crashed head-on into a Jeep traveling the opposite...
Fatigued Driving Causes Another Fatal Pueblo Car Crash | Pueblo Car Accident Lawyer
The fatal Pueblo car accident occurred on Colorado 50 Business when a Dodge Ram pickup truck drifted off of the side of the road and collided with a pole. The 34-year-old, James Patti was heading east of Pueblo when he veered off course and ran into a pole. The Colorado...
Deadly Teen Car Accident Sparks Dangerous Wildfire | Pueblo Car Accident Attorney
As reported recently in the Pueblo Chieftain, a 15-year-old Vilas girl was killed in a car accident in Baca County on April 9th, 2011. The single-vehicle crash ejected the girl, who died later at Swedish Hospital in Denver; the 17-year-old male driver was uninjured. The car crash, in which excessive speed was said to be a factor, occurred on...
Tips for Teen Drivers – Pueblo Personal Injury Attorney
According to an article posted by New First 5, more teens die in Colorado from car crashes than any other cause. In 2009, 38 Colorado teens lost their lives in automobile accidents. The Colorado State Patrol (CPS) wants to save as many teens as possible. The State Patrol encourages “parents...
Crash Claims Two Victims – Colorado Personal Injury Attorney
A second persona has died following a rollover accident in Lakewood yesterday. 9News is reporting that a female victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the second victim (a 40-year-old woman) was transported to St. Anthony Central Hospital where she died last night from her injuries. The fatal crash...
Trucker Pleads Guilty in Fatal Crash – Pueblo Personal Injury Attorney
A trucker from Texas has pleaded guilty in causing the deaths of two women during a 2009 snow storm. According to 7News, Richard Widmier pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide on Wednesday in state court. Widmier was driving his tractor trailer eastbound on I-70 when it slammed into...
Scooter Accident Kills One – Pueblo Personal Injury Attorney
A 52-year-old man died Tuesday when the scooter he was riding rear-ended an SUV. The Denver Post is reporting that the fatal accident happened around 4:20 p.m. in the 900 block of East 4th Street in Pueblo. The victim was driving his scooter when he was unable to slow down...
Three-year-old Struck and Killed – Pueblo Personal Injury Attorney
A three-year-old Pueblo boy was killed Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a truck. According to the Denver Post, the incident happened about 2 p.m. at the Pueblo Power Wash. The three-year-old was playing with a five-year-old near the vacuum in front of a carwash bay. A man pulled...
3 Killed and 2 Seriously Injured in Rollover Accident – Pueblo Personal Injury Attorney
3 people were killed and 2 others seriously injured in a rollover accident in Capulin early this morning. The Colorado State Patrol believe drugs and alcohol played a role in the accident and are still trying to sort out the details. According to The Pueblo Chieftain, no one in the...
Trash Truck Driver Cited for Motorcycle Accident – Pueblo Personal Injury Lawyer
The driver of a trash truck has been cited by Pueblo police for “careless driving causing bodily injury” after the driver pulled out in front of a motorcycle causing the motorcycle to collide into the truck. According to The Pueblo Chieftain, the motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was...