Content Tagged As crushed
Tagged News
-
Colorado climber's death blamed on moving boulder
July 3, 2011 1:14 PM
SALIDA, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a Denver woman who was killed on Mount Princeton was struck by a large boulder that was dislodged in a storm. The Chaffee (CHAY'-fee) County coroner said Saturday that 30-year-old Deanna Miller died Thursday of massive internal chest injuries. The death was ruled... more » -
Wall of CDOT mountain facility buckles under snow
April 9, 2011 10:02 AM
KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado Department of Transportation says a wall on one of its facilities near Arapahoe Basin caved under the weight of snow this week. CDOT spokesman Bob Wilson told the Summit Daily News the wall buckled inward between 2 and 4 a.m. Wednesday, and a... more » -
Nebraska man crushed by his own snake
June 10, 2010 4:25 PM
A Papillion, Nebraska man died Wednesday night after being strangled by his own snake. The boa was 34-year old Corey Byrne's pet. Byrne had no pulse when rescue crews arrived at his downtown apartment. He died at Midlands Hospital. Investigators say the man's girlfriend, who was there in... more » -
Major Colorado Springs water pipeline repaired
June 1, 2010 8:15 AM
A water pipeline system that supplies 70 percent of water to Colorado Springs is back in service after crews repaired damage caused by a 140-ton boulder. Repair crews shut down the Homestake Pipeline System to make the repair caused by a rock slide near Buena Vista in April. Water... more » -
Man installing safe at Denver-area bank crushed
May 14, 2010 8:16 AM
The Jefferson County sheriff's office says a man installing a 1.5-ton steel safe at a south-suburban Denver bank has died after the safe slipped and crushed him. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley says the man was pinned against a door, which trapped a co-worker in the room with him Thursday... more »
As Seen On News 5
