Denver Personal Injury Law Blog

First responders have to see a lot of sights the general public is not prepared to deal with. Car accidents can be very troubling scenes, especially when there are fatalities involved. Most first responders will say that the worst of these are when children are the ones hurt. Some had a challenging evening this week when a three car accident on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs injured three people and took the life of a toddler.

A car driven by a 23-year-old woman was traveling north on -I-25 in Colorado Springs when she attempted to pass an SUV. When she tried to get back in the lane in front of the SUV the two cars collided, sending the woman's car spinning out of control. After crossing the median, her car entered oncoming traffic and struck a pickup truck traveling south. Her car ended up on the guardrail while the pickup truck spun toward the median. The truck eventually turned over and came to a stop on its side.

Life can change in an instant. When going through the daily routine of life, not paying attention and thinking nothing significant is about to happen, it does. Millions of people hit the roadways around 5:00pm every evening in a daze from the workday and just trying to get home for some rest and time with family and friends. Sometimes, in those most routine moments, life changes. That was the case for three individuals involved in a car accident that took the life of a Colorado man recently.

In the daily rush hour traffic on Interstate 25 a Colorado man traveling south in an SUV was suddenly rear-ended by another car. The impact caused the SUV to veer left, plow across the grassy median and head into oncoming traffic. On the northbound side of the interstate, his SUV slammed head-on into a third vehicle, a sedan.

It was a record the city didn't want to set, but unfortunately, it did. Last year became the deadliest year on record for deaths caused by car accidents in Colorado Springs. An alarming 48 people lost their lives in traffic-related accidents on Colorado Springs' roadways in 2018.

According to reports, 23 people lost their lives in car accidents, four people were on bicycles, and eight were on motorcycles. A staggering 13 pedestrians were killed as well, which ties the record for pedestrian deaths. This surprising statistic highlights the importance of being cautious and aware of one's surroundings even when not behind the wheel of a car. Of the 13 pedestrian fatalities, the pedestrians themselves were found at fault in 11 of the cases. This is likely due to distraction – usually cell phones – and the assumption that vehicles will choose to and be able to yield to pedestrians that enter the roadway.

Details are still emerging about a crash in Colorado that took the life of a man from another state recently. A number of cars were involved in a car accident that began with an initial collision in front of a shopping center. According to police, a 69-year-old local woman was attempting to turn left into the shopping center when she was hit by a sports car traveling on the road she was crossing. The sports car was driven by a 23-year-old man from another state.

After colliding with the woman's car, the sports car crossed over the median and into oncoming traffic, where it struck a truck. The truck was driven by a 47-year-old Colorado man, and he had a 13-year-old passenger. There were reports that there may have been two other cars involved, but their roles are unknown. Another crash occurred when an officer who was responding to the scene was involved in an accident en route.