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• Driver in deadly auto-pedestrian accident had clean record Play Video

  November 28, 2012 12:23 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Flowers, balloons and candles mark the area along Pikes Peak Avenue where two young people lost their lives in a car accident Monday afternoon. Neto White, 9, and Leondro Carabajal, 17, were trying to push a stalled minivan out of traffic along with Neto's 10-year-old sister... more »

• County commissioner takes action after deadly crash on washboard road Play Video

  October 5, 2012 1:33 AM

  We're making good on our promise to follow up on a deadly rollover in southern El Paso County last month; it happened on a badly damaged dirt road near Hanover. Staff Sergeant David Feaster, a Fort Carson soldier, was killed when his car was thrown from the washboard road... more »

• UPDATE: Pueblo man facing charges in deaths of three teenage girls

  April 29, 2012 1:07 PM

  The driver of a truck involved in a Saturday night car accident, killing three teenage girls in Pueblo, has been booked into jail on several charges, including driving under the influence. Police say the teenagers died at the scene. They were in a car turning west onto Northern Ave.... more »

• 2 died in Kearns crash, driver booked on charges

  December 4, 2011 2:03 PM

  KEARNS, Colo. (AP) - Police say a married couple has died after the car they were passengers in slammed into a wall and then a house in Kearns. Lt. Justin Hoyal says the driver, 29-year-old Christopher Youngblood, has been booked on automobile homicide charges because investigators believe speed and... more »

• Fatal traffic accident closes Highway 115

  October 15, 2011 6:56 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol says Highway 115 is closed in both directions near Fort Carson's gate 5, because of a serious accident. Troopers say one person has died and that several others are injured. No word yet on how many other people are injured, or their conditions. CDOT... more »

• Colorado Springs man killed in Hwy 94 accident

  October 2, 2011 5:17 PM

  A Colorado Springs was killed an his 19 year old son was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Colorado Highway 94 late Saturday afternoon. Christopher Phillips, 40, was driving west on Hwy 94 in a 2002 Jaguar when he collided with a 2007 GMC Sierra pick up that was... more »

• Fatal traffic accident at Garden of the Gods Rd and Chestnut

  August 18, 2011 6:45 PM

  Colorado Springs Police and Fire Department crews are on scene of a fatal traffic accident in the intersection of Garden of the Gods Road and Chestnut. Details of the accident are unknown at this time, we have a crew headed to the scene. more »

• Investigation continues on fatal accident from August 5th

  August 13, 2011 2:54 PM

  Following multiple requests, News First 5 contacted Colorado State Patrol to inquire on the status of the investigation around the fatal accident that Killed Air Force Reservist, Capt. Vivian Elmo. The Colorado State Patrol says they are still working to conclude the investigation where El Paso County Sheriffs Deputy,... more »

• Air Force Officer killed when off duty deputy runs red light

  August 4, 2011 6:52 PM

  US Air Force Captain Vivian Elmo, 41, an active-duty reservist with the 310th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, was killed when an off-duty EL Paso County Sheriff's Deputy identified as Rodney Fannin who has worked for the Detention Bureau for the past nine years, ran a red light... more »

• Fatal auto v pedestrian accident under investigation

  May 29, 2011 2:37 PM

  Pueblo Police are continuing to investigate a fatal traffic accident that occurred Saturday night on the 700 block of East 4th Street. Police say that a 44 year old man was walking on the street near oncoming traffic eastbound when a 1983 Ford LTD struck the man as he stepped... more »

• 3-square mile fire in SE Colo., destroys home

  April 10, 2011 1:20 PM

  CAMPO, Colo. (AP) - A fatal rollover accident in Baca County sparked a 3-square-mile wildfire in grasslands that destroyed a home and a fire truck. Baca County Emergency Management Director Riley Frazee says crews were able to contain the blaze early Sunday and residents in 10 evacuated homes were... more »

• Three more arrested in Denver hit and run

  January 27, 2011 2:23 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Three more people have been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Denver, including a woman who was minutes away from flying to Mexico. Denver police said Thursday that 32-year-old Norma Paola Vera-Nolasco was arrested Wednesday night at the Phoenix airport after her plane... more »

• Man killed while walking near I-25

  January 16, 2011 11:53 PM

  One person was hit and killed by a car tonight, south of Pueblo. State Troopers say it happened around 6:30 p.m. on the frontage road that runs next to I-25, near exit 83. They say a man and woman were walking on the road and the woman jumped in front... more »

• Highway 24 closed due to deadly accident

  October 25, 2010 9:15 PM

  Highway 24 is down to one-lane at mile marker 223 because of a deadly accident. That's about 12 miles outside from Buena Vista. The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. more »

• Springs Police go after impaired drivers

  August 20, 2010 6:02 PM

  The Colorado Springs Police Department will join with other law enforcement agencies throughout the country to crackdown on those who drive while impaired. The initial push will happen from August 20 through September 6. Offenders are most often in the 21 to 24 age group. "All too often, innocent,... more »

• Crash kills one in Huerfano County

  August 16, 2010 1:41 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating alcohol as a possible contributing factor in an accident that killed one man on Friday night. It happened about four miles west of Walsenburg on Highway 160. According to the accident report a mid 90s model Toyota Camry was traveling west when it... more »

• Toddler dies after being hit by car on highway

  July 15, 2010 11:56 PM

  A toddler who was hit by a car while walking in the middle of US 24 late Thursday night has died. Police say at around 9:25 p.m. a woman driving a small sedan hit the two year old as she was headed east on US 24 near Garrett Road. ... more »

• Deadly accident in Pueblo

  July 5, 2010 7:24 PM

  Investigators are on the scene of a deadly accident in Pueblo. It happened at Lehigh and Regency. No word yet if there are traffic backup's in the area, you may want to avoid the area just in case. We're told the crash involves a motorcycle. We have a crew... more »

• Fatal accident east of Colorado Springs

  June 5, 2010 5:06 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a one car fatal accident on Highway 94 near Blaney Road east of Colorado Springs. The State Patrol got the call from El Paso County Sheriff's Office just before 1:00 pm Saturday. They found the body of a man in a 1998 Silver... more »

• Pueblo steps up seat belt enforcement at night

  April 2, 2010 12:33 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and the State Patrol have stepped up the Click It or Ticket campaign for this first week of April. The risk of being involved in a fatal crash is significantly greater at night than during the day, due in part to fewer people buckling... more »

• Man killed in I-25 accident

  September 26, 2009 7:07 PM

  A man was killed and a woman was injured in a two car accident on I-25, 14 miles north of Pueblo Saturday afternoon. According to the Colorado State Patrol, 84 year old Virginia Ginn-Weeter from Cibolo, Texas was driving her 1999 Buick Park Avenue when she moved into the... more »

• Head on collison kills Colorado Springs woman

  September 15, 2009 2:50 AM

  At least one person has died after a head-on collision. The State Patrol says a woman from Colorado Springs was driving erratically when her car collided head-on with another vehicle. She died at the scene. The accident happened after 10:00 p.m. Monday night on Highway 115 near mile marker 29,... more »