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• Plea deal reached for Gilbert Sanchez, accused of killing three Alamosa teens in wreck Play Video

  March 21, 2013 12:44 AM

  It was a deadly crash that shook the Pueblo community; now, a plea deal in the case. Gilbert Sanchez reached a plea agreement with the District Attorney Wednesday night. Last April he was speeding and driving drunk when he ran a red light and t-boned another vehicle, killing three teenage... more »

• Car crash kills Fort Carson soldier

  September 28, 2012 1:16 AM

  Staff Sgt. David Feaster, an active solider at Fort Carson, was killed Thursday night in a one-vehicle rollover at 18005 High Plains View in Hanover near the Pikes Peak International Raceway. His 11-year-old son was also in the car, but survived the crash uninjured. State Patrol tells News 5... more »

• Cops investigating Lindsay Lohan car crash

  June 8, 2012 5:05 PM

  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Police say they are investigating a car crash involving actress Lindsay Lohan on coastal highway near Los Angeles. Santa Monica Police Sgt. Candice Cobarrubias says Lohan was involved a crash around 11:45 a.m. on the Pacific Coast Highway. Officers continue to investigate the accident... more »

• Bethany Maes vigil

  December 29, 2011 8:35 PM

  People are gathering at Doherty High School to honor the memory of Bethany Maes. The 17 year old was killed in a car crash earlier this week. We'll have the story tonight on News 5 at 10. more »

• Victim remembered by fraternity brother

  September 26, 2011 11:46 PM

  Binu George is remembered as a man who was taken from this world far too soon. The Pueblo West resident and his wife were killed early Saturday morning after a suspected drunk driver hit their car head on while going the wrong way on I-25. George was a beloved... more »

• Stolen car crashed after police chase

  August 8, 2011 9:03 PM

  A one-car crash at the intersection of Hancock and Circle was the result of a police chase. Colorado Springs police say they spotted a stolen vehicle in the area of Astrozon and Hancock Expressway. The driver, Eric Maestas, 21, began to speed away and police started to chase. The... more »

• Fatal car crash in Chaffee county

  June 12, 2011 12:05 PM

  A Fatal car crash is being investigated in Chaffee County, about 23 miles west of Salida. Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning a 25-year-old man was killed when the Toyota Camry he was riding in failed to negotiate a left hand curve and the car went off the right side... more »

• It may take months for insurance claims in I-25 pileup

  November 15, 2010 10:06 PM

  Monday morning's pileup on I-25 near Larkspur has started a chain reaction of insurance assessments, claims, and paperwork. "The insurance companies are going to look at who caused the damage to which cars. How many cars are you responsible for?" explains Rob Edgin, an insurance agent for American National... more »

• Car crash severs gas line in Colorado Springs

  November 11, 2010 9:17 AM

  A car crashed into an industrial-sized gas meter at the Timber Apartments on Airport Rd. in Colorado Springs early Thursday morning, severing the gas line. Nearby residents were evacuated for a short time, while Colorado Springs Utilities shut off the gas. The gas has been cleared and residents allowed... more »

• Boulder County fire doubles in size; more evacuations expected

  September 7, 2010 4:23 PM

  Firefighters ramped up their battle Tuesday against a wildfire that forced about 3,000 people to flee their homes as the wind-whipped blaze filled the surrounding canyon with heavy smoke and flames. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle says the fire has burned about 7,100 acres, or 11 square miles. Authorities... more »

• Candlelight vigil honors three Penrose teens

  August 1, 2010 4:33 PM

  The hymn "Amazing Grace" softly permeates through the crowd of the more than 300 people who gathered at Pioneer Park in Florence Sunday night. The light of a candle spreads through the crowd just as softly, lit by the parents of three teenage girls killed in a car crash. ... more »

• Woman survives 5 days in ravine

  July 19, 2010 9:18 AM

  A Carlsbad, California woman is recovering after spending five days at the bottom of a ravine near Santa Maria. Travelers spotted the woman and her car Friday morning. Investigators believe the accident happened five days before that. The woman's husband had reported her missing July 8. "I've... more »

• UPDATE: Woman killed in rollover crash on I-25

  July 2, 2010 4:31 AM

  We now know the name of a woman killed in a rollover crash on I-25 this morning. The Colorado State Patrol says Janessa Hammonds of Pueblo West died on the scene. The 29-year old was driving in the sound bound lanes when her car rolled into the northbound lanes. It... more »

• Vigil for Lewis-Palmer senior, Levi Patrick

  March 28, 2010 9:01 PM

  Levi Patrick was captain of the football team, Homecoming King, and a member of the track team at Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument. According to the more than 200 people who came to Sunday night's candlelight vigil in his honor, he was more than a star athlete. He was a... more »

• Grief counselors ready at Lewis-Palmer High School

  March 28, 2010 7:16 PM

  Four Lewis-Palmer High School football teammates were driving back home together from a Spring break trip in California when their jeep rolled on I-70 in Eagle County Saturday afternoon. Three of them were tossed from the vehicle. One teen, Levi Patrick, died. Chase Yaeger, Nathanial Matteson, and Jefferson Oakley... more »

• Man to apologize for fatal crash in newspaper ad

  February 20, 2010 9:13 AM

  A Colorado Springs judge ordered a 19-year-old man to take out a newspaper ad warning of the dangers of drunken driving and apologizing for the single-vehicle accident that killed his roommate. The judge also sentenced Dylan Timothy Salazar on Friday to four years in Colorado's Youth Offender prison in Pueblo... more »

• Ex-Bronco pleads guilty to killing scooter rider

  February 2, 2010 10:11 AM

  A former Denver Broncos defensive back has pleaded guilty to killing a 51-year-old motor-scooter rider in a hit-and-run crash. Billy Jenkins faces up to eight years in prison when he is sentenced on a vehicular homicide charge. Jenkins entered the plea last week in a deal with prosecutors to drop... more »

• Police looking for woman involved in crash that hit a gas line

  January 19, 2010 7:07 AM

  Colorado Springs police are searching for a woman who was involved in a car crash. Police say that she was racing another car near Marlow Circle and S.Chelton road around 3 a.m. this morning. The woman crashed through several fences, a home, and eventually a gas line. This caused... more »

• Staggering financial toll of Tiger Woods scandal

  December 29, 2009 9:49 AM

  Tiger Woods' problems at home are apparently being felt by the companies that pay to have Woods endorse them. According to researchers at the University of California-Davis, the total losses for shareholders at companies like Gillette and AT&T are as much as $12 billion. Two economics professors looked at stock... more »

• Woman with longest nails loses them in a crash

  September 5, 2009 10:54 AM

  A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the most dramatic event of her life. But Lee Redmond, who lost the fingernails in February, says it's now much easier to do... more »