A three-vehicle crash about 9 miles south of Franktown on Monday killed five people, including three children, and seriously injured two others.
The accident happed at 4:39 p.m. when the driver of a Toyota hatchback headed south on Colorado 83 in Douglas County lost control and went off the right shoulder, the Colorado State Patrol said. The Toyota drove back on the road and then rolled into the northbound lane.
A Ford sedan heading north was hit head-on by the Toyota, which kept traveling and struck a Ford pickup, causing minor damage.
The State Patrol said the driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene after being ejected from the vehicle. The man driving the Ford sedan and three of five children in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other juveniles in the sedan were flown to a nearby medical facility. The pickup driver wasn’t injured.
The State Patrol said it’s not known why the driver of the Toyota lost control. Colorado 83 remained closed Monday night as the investigation and cleanup continued.
The Douglas County Coroner will identify those deceased after all the families have been notified.
After a speeding train collided with a semi-truck carrying pears in the Netherlands, authorities have released video of the incident to “raise awareness and improve behavior.”Jeremy Roth for CNN’s “Take a Look at This (TALAT)” reports that authorities are using the truck driver’s ill-timed hesitation as a cautionary tale about safety at railroad crossings.The train’s collision with the truck’s cargo trailer sent thousands of pears flying across the scene.See the TALAT video in the player above, and learn what happened when a bear got trapped in an SUV in ColoradoVideo released by Pro Rail shows the truck approaching the crossing, pausing, and then reversing as safety arms closed around it.The driver appeared unsure of what to do and attempted to move just as the commuter train bore down. Pro Rail reported minor injuries and shared the video on social media. They advised drivers to move through lowered safety arms if they become stuck.
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After a speeding train collided with a semi-truck carrying pears in the Netherlands, authorities have released video of the incident to “raise awareness and improve behavior.”
Jeremy Roth for CNN’s “Take a Look at This (TALAT)” reports that authorities are using the truck driver’s ill-timed hesitation as a cautionary tale about safety at railroad crossings.
The train’s collision with the truck’s cargo trailer sent thousands of pears flying across the scene.
See the TALAT video in the player above, and learn what happened when a bear got trapped in an SUV in Colorado
Video released by Pro Rail shows the truck approaching the crossing, pausing, and then reversing as safety arms closed around it.
The driver appeared unsure of what to do and attempted to move just as the commuter train bore down.
Pro Rail reported minor injuries and shared the video on social media. They advised drivers to move through lowered safety arms if they become stuck.
Shanta Norton is pushing to support safety in her community and other rural areas after the death of her younger sister Shannon Rush earlier this week. She’s dubbed the petition “Shannon’s Law,” which has already gained 2,000 signatures in a matter of days. Rush was a senior at Forest High School and her family said she wanted to someday become a school teacher. On Monday, around 6:20 in the morning, while walking to the bus stop on Blitchton Road, Rush was hit by an SUV. “She was just a bright, goofy person and made us laugh constantly,” she said. “She was a light to our family.”Now, Norton is pushing to have sidewalks, adequate street lighting and signage along the roadway where her sister died and neighboring streets.”I just want something to happen that you can see along the roadway in different parts of the town, not just this neighborhood. The street lights are very dim, and it’s very dark walking in these places,” said Norton.The SUV driver claimed Rush was walking in the roadway and not on the grassy part of the road when they collided. Family members no longer believe Rushing was wearing headphones during the accident. Norton is also concerned about speeding on that stretch of road. “Since this happened, I’ve been standing in my driveway every morning at 6 a.m. Trailers and SUVs are doing at least 50, 60 (mph) coming off of 10th street,” said Norton. Norton knows the changes she’s pushing for won’t bring her sister back, but she hopes it will do something to improve safety in her community and prevent others from enduring the same pain. Click here to learn more about the petition for Shannon’s Law.
MARION COUNTY, Fla. —
Shanta Norton is pushing to support safety in her community and other rural areas after the death of her younger sister Shannon Rush earlier this week. She’s dubbed the petition “Shannon’s Law,” which has already gained 2,000 signatures in a matter of days.
Rush was a senior at Forest High School and her family said she wanted to someday become a school teacher.
On Monday, around 6:20 in the morning, while walking to the bus stop on Blitchton Road, Rush was hit by an SUV.
“She was just a bright, goofy person and made us laugh constantly,” she said. “She was a light to our family.”
Now, Norton is pushing to have sidewalks, adequate street lighting and signage along the roadway where her sister died and neighboring streets.
“I just want something to happen that you can see along the roadway in different parts of the town, not just this neighborhood. The street lights are very dim, and it’s very dark walking in these places,” said Norton.
The SUV driver claimed Rush was walking in the roadway and not on the grassy part of the road when they collided.
Family members no longer believe Rushing was wearing headphones during the accident.
Norton is also concerned about speeding on that stretch of road.
“Since this happened, I’ve been standing in my driveway every morning at 6 a.m. Trailers and SUVs are doing at least 50, 60 (mph) coming off of 10th street,” said Norton.
Norton knows the changes she’s pushing for won’t bring her sister back, but she hopes it will do something to improve safety in her community and prevent others from enduring the same pain.
Click here to learn more about the petition for Shannon’s Law.
For the second time in October a person has died at an ATV park in South Carolina, according to the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office.
Larissa Cubas, a 28-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, died last weekend in what Coroner Chris Hill called an accident.
The crash happened Oct. 25 at Carolina Adventure World, Hill said Tuesday in a news release.
The wreck
Cubas was driving an ATV at the park when the vehicle rolled over and landed on her, according to the release.
The Charlotte woman was pinned underneath the ATV, the coroner’s office said. Although emergency medical crews responded to the ATV park and provided aid to Cubas, she died at the scene, the coroner’s office said.
No other injuries were reported.
The crash continues to be investigated by the coroner’s office. An autopsy has been scheduled to be performed in Newberry to determine a cause of death, Hill said.
Carolina Adventure World calls itself the “Southeast’s largest outdoor playground,” with more than 120 miles of off-road ATV, UTV and dirt bike trails. It’s in Winnsboro, about 40 miles north of Columbia.
Past victims
This is not the first death reported at Carolina Adventure World.
Earlier this month a 33-year-old Columbia man died in what the coroner’s office called an accident on a dirt bike trail. The man was driving an ATV when the vehicle crashed, according to the coroner’s office. Further information about the wreck was not available, but the man was taken from the ATV park by EMS then airlifted by helicopter to Prisma Health Richland hospital where he died.
In July 2022, 35-year-old Charlotte man died at the Midlands ATV park after the vehicle he was riding flipped over and landed on him, the coroner’s office said.
In February 2022, two South Carolina men were killed in a crash. A 32-year-old from Little River was driving an ATV with a 46-year-old from Longs on board as a passenger when they lost control and the ATV crashed through a gate and went down a 30-foot embankment, the coroner’s office said.
The ATV rolled over numerous times, ejecting both men who died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office.
In August 2021, a 22-year-old Charlotte man was a passenger on an ATV and died after he was thrown from the vehicle after the driver lost control, the coroner’s office said.
Another death was reported in 2020, when a 23-year-old Charlotte man was killed in collision. He was pinned under a vehicle after it flipped at the Midlands ATV park.
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“The La Mesa Police Department would like to thank our allied agencies for their unwavering support. We ask that the La Mesa community keep Officer Craven, her family, and the La Mesa Police Department in their thoughts and prayers,” LMPD said in a statement.
Footage from a memorial for Officer Lauren Craven outside the La Mesa Police Department.
A La Mesa police officer was killed late Monday evening after being struck by a vehicle while assisting two motorists involved in a freeway collision on Interstate 8, one of whom was also killed in the crash.
According to the La Mesa Police Department, Officer Lauren Craven, 25, had stopped to help the motorists just before 10:30 p.m. Monday on I-8 near Fairmount Ave.
While investigating the crash, Craven was hit by an oncoming vehicle. California Highway Patrol officers performed lifesaving efforts, but Craven died at the scene.
“The La Mesa Police Department would like to thank our allied agencies for their unwavering support. We ask that the La Mesa community keep Officer Craven, her family, and the La Mesa Police Department in their thoughts and prayers,” LMPD said in a statement.
Craven joined the department in February 2024 and was assigned to the Patrol Division.
The driver’s name has not been released as of Tuesday morning.
The California Highway Patrol is handling the investigation.
Yaakov Kilberg, 19, was driving the Mazda carrying all four victims, according to the Asbury Park Press. Aharon Lebovits, Shlomo Cohen and Chaim Grossman, all 18, were passengers in the vehicle, the outlet reported.
Christopher Neff, a 41-year-old resident of Westminster, Colorado, was identified by police as the pickup driver, Philadelphia NBC affiliate WCAU reported. He suffered serious injuries in the wreck and was hospitalized, authorities said.
Police said around 12:40 a.m., Neff was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes about 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia, according to local CBS affiliate KYW. The teens were headed southbound when Neff collided with them head-on, then a tractor-trailer struck their vehicle from behind, police said.
“A simultaneous winching operation and extrication on the second vehicle determined, unfortunately, that four occupants had succumbed to their injuries,” the Carneys Point Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
Kilberg, Lebovits and Cohen were residents of Lakewood, N.J., while Grossman lived in Fallsburg, N.Y. They were reportedly Yeshiva students enjoying a weekend break.
Oh, no. The rock world has lost a true original: Ace Frehley, the iconic founding guitarist of KISS and the man behind the band’s legendary “Spaceman” persona, has tragically passed away at the age of 74.
The news broke Thursday and sent shockwaves right away. According to a heartbreaking statement from his family, the rocker died earlier that day in Morristown, New Jersey, following complications from a fall he suffered at his home several weeks ago.
In their message, sent to People on Thursday night, his family wrote:
“We are completely devastated and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth.”
And the family didn’t stop there. They made sure to pay tribute to who Ace was as a person, beyond just the leather and loud guitars:
“We cherish all of his finest memories, his laughter, and celebrate his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others. The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and beyond comprehension. Reflecting on all of his incredible life achievements, Ace’s memory will continue to live on forever!”
Oof. That hits hard.
TMZ had previously reported Ace was placed on life support due to a brain bleed caused by the fall, which happened at some point last month. Just a few weeks ago, on September 25, he addressed fans directly via Instagram, downplaying the incident as a “minor” fall and citing doctor’s orders as the reason he had to cancel a show in Lancaster, California.
At the time, fans were reassured with a statement saying he was “fine” and still hard at work on his next solo album, Origins Vol. 4. But that optimism slowly faded. On October 6, less than two weeks before his passing, Frehley officially canceled the rest of his 2025 tour due to “ongoing medical issues.” And now we know just how serious those issues were.
Born Paul Frehley in the Bronx, Ace skyrocketed to fame in the ’70s as the original lead guitarist of KISS. He helped form the band in 1973 alongside Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss. His “Spaceman” alter ego was a cultural stamp on rock history.
Ace officially left KISS in 1982 after internal tensions with the band. He had a thriving solo career, and then reunited with KISS for a successful reunion in 1996. His final performance with them came in 2018 on the KISS Kruise.
So sad. Ace was a rockstar in every sense of the word.
A pedestrian died Saturday after being hit by a car in Fayetteville.
According to the Fayetteville Police Department, the accident happened around 8:11 p.m. on County Club Drive.
Police said the pedestrian died at the scene. In their initial investigation, officers determined the pedestrian stepped into oncoming traffic and was hit by a passing car. The driver stayed at the scene until police arrived.
Police said they closed Country Club Drive between Clearwater Drive and Rose Hill Road in both directions while they investigate.
Workplace safety is very much in the news at the moment, thanks to reports about “bad doors” and weak ergonomic design in workspaces, the threat of heat-related injuries at work, and AI’s role in boosting safety on the job. But a new study sheds a different and slightly worrying light on the topic, which may cause you to rethink your workplace safety and education programs. The report, from Colorado-based small business insurer Pie Insurance, shows that there are wide gaps between what employers think about certain key safety issues, and how their employees view those same risks.
The insurer noted in its 2025 Small Business Employee Voice on Workplace Safety Report that both staff and leaders agree that around half of all workplace injuries can be prevented. Still, more than two-thirds of employee respondents said they remain concerned about safety at work, industry news site InsuranceBusinessMag notes. Fully 58 percent have actually witnessed workplace injuries happening in the last year, and 43 percent say they’ve sometimes felt pressured by their companies to work in conditions that were actually unsafe. This may be a “it’s an emergency get it done, we need this now,” leadership mentality, or it may be a sign of deeper disregard for safety matters — but the fact that over four in 10 of all workers surveyed feel like this is concerning.
One main area where employees and workers disagree on workplace safety is mental health. Pie’s report says that mental health has become the leading workplace safety worry among workers: 32 percent of those surveyed identified it as the top issue. This may surprise some, since “safety” has been traditionally a word connected with physical injury risks — Pie’s survey supports this, with 20 percent of respondents calling it their top concern, while 9 percent rated environmental issues at the top and 4 percent chose equipment safety.
Where workers and employers disagree is shown most clearly in how each group envisions support systems for mental health issues. Fully 91 percent of employers say they’re confident about support, but just 62 percent of employees agree. The matter is of serious concern to workers, though, with 36 percent saying that work stresses carry over to impact their personal lives, affecting their motivation, anxieties and sleep.
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Pie’s study also found a disconnect between how employees feel about reporting safety issues — 17 percent of respondents said they didn’t feel comfortable doing it. Of these people, over one in three feel this way because they worry their company will retaliate, a third feel like it would make them seem like a “difficult” worker, and 31 percent simply don’t report because they feel like it would result in zero mitigation actions by their employer.
Another gap exists over training on workplace safety, with 63 percent of surveyed employers saying they offer properly formatted training, but just 29 percent of workers say they get regular safety training and fully 28 percent said they’ve never had any.
What’s your big takeaway from this? You may, after all, think that you’re properly in tune with your workers when it comes to safety, and there may even be a pretty large number posted next to that “days since last accident:” sign.
The fact is that you and your staff may not be singing from the same sheet music. Pie’s data suggests that gaps between employee and employer attitudes are much more common than you think.
InsuranceBusinessMag points out another issue that may arise from this disconnect: data show smaller and medium-size companies are “increasingly expanding into higher-risk work to remain profitable.” As they do this, workplace safety risks and costs and, as a result, insurance issues will multiply, spotlighting workplace safety.
It might be time to revisit your workplace safety protocols, run a training session with your staff, and promise them that if they report issues they spot there will be no reprisals. Addressing workplace mental health could also be a priority, and that’s something you can affect by checking and modifying company culture. Offering perks like flexible working or hybrid work solutions, and even getting training yourself on how to spot and help your worker’s mental health problems are good first steps.
RICHMOND — A woman died Sunday in an industrial accident while working for UPS in Richmond, her family said.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the death of Shelma Reyna, which happened at the UPS facility on Atlas Road. Reyna’s family identified her in an online fundraiser statement. Richmond police also investigated.
Details of what happened remain unclear.
“She was such an amazing person and had such a beautiful soul,” Esmeralda Ocampo wrote of her aunt. “She helped everyone around her that needed help.”
Reyna’s family said she was the mother of five children. They are seeking help for her funeral services.
A 42-year-old man driving a black Dodge SUV rear-ended a Grey Hyundai sedan, which was stopped at a traffic signal, police said.
Police said the sedan’s driver, a 30-year-old man, suffered injuries throughout his body. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The SUV’s driver was taken into custody, and charges are pending, police said.
Breaking Update: A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder of a 3-year-old boy over a discovery violation involving an interview.The judge said prosecutors withheld key evidence and testimony from the defense—something that warrants a mistrial. >> Developing story, this will be updated Monday’s story: The mother accused in her 3-year-old son’s murder took the stand in her own defense Monday afternoon.Erica Dotson, 31, spoke for two hours. It was the first time the public had heard from the defendant since her 2021 arrest.“I genuinely believed my son was just having accidents. I believed everything that Josh said,” Dotson said. “I just didn’t see what was going on. I wasn’t home much.”Dotson and her boyfriend, Joshua Manns, are charged in the death of her son, Jameson Nance. They are being tried separately.Manns told authorities he had a seizure while Jameson was in the bathtub on the day he died. He said Jameson wasn’t breathing when he regained consciousness.“I said, ‘What do you mean? Did you call 911?’ He said no,” Dotson said.A medical examiner determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma sustained over an extended period of time. In the days leading up to Jameson’s death in June 2021, Dotson said she noticed a large lump on his head. But both Manns and Jameson told her it was an accident.She said her son was prone to injuries, including a broken leg earlier that year. There was also a time when Jameson had a black eye. Dotson said he got it from another child at daycare, though the school had no record of the incident.Following the more recent head injury, Dotson testified that she wanted to take her son to the hospital because the bruising and swelling were getting worse. She said Manns argued with her about it.“He said he was sorry and that he loved Jameson,” Dotson said. “That he would never do anything to hurt Jameson and that he promised me the next day when I went to work that he’d protect him.”Jameson was killed the following day. According to the medical examiner, he had dozens of bruises and stab wounds to the head.“He didn’t look like that,” Dotson said. “I told Detective Campos, he didn’t have all that swelling. He didn’t look like that when I left that morning. He had swelling on his eyes, but he didn’t look like that.”Dotson and Manns both face the death penalty if convicted.“I’m the only female in Brevard County facing the death penalty,” Dotson said.The state is expected to call rebuttal witnesses on Tuesday. Closing arguments will follow.
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Breaking Update: A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder of a 3-year-old boy over a discovery violation involving an interview.
The judge said prosecutors withheld key evidence and testimony from the defense—something that warrants a mistrial.
>> Developing story, this will be updated
Monday’s story:
The mother accused in her 3-year-old son’s murder took the stand in her own defense Monday afternoon.
Erica Dotson, 31, spoke for two hours. It was the first time the public had heard from the defendant since her 2021 arrest.
“I genuinely believed my son was just having accidents. I believed everything that Josh said,” Dotson said. “I just didn’t see what was going on. I wasn’t home much.”
Dotson and her boyfriend, Joshua Manns, are charged in the death of her son, Jameson Nance. They are being tried separately.
Manns told authorities he had a seizure while Jameson was in the bathtub on the day he died. He said Jameson wasn’t breathing when he regained consciousness.
“I said, ‘What do you mean? Did you call 911?’ He said no,” Dotson said.
A medical examiner determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma sustained over an extended period of time. In the days leading up to Jameson’s death in June 2021, Dotson said she noticed a large lump on his head. But both Manns and Jameson told her it was an accident.
She said her son was prone to injuries, including a broken leg earlier that year. There was also a time when Jameson had a black eye. Dotson said he got it from another child at daycare, though the school had no record of the incident.
Following the more recent head injury, Dotson testified that she wanted to take her son to the hospital because the bruising and swelling were getting worse. She said Manns argued with her about it.
“He said he was sorry and that he loved Jameson,” Dotson said. “That he would never do anything to hurt Jameson and that he promised me the next day when I went to work that he’d protect him.”
Jameson was killed the following day. According to the medical examiner, he had dozens of bruises and stab wounds to the head.
“He didn’t look like that,” Dotson said. “I told Detective Campos, he didn’t have all that swelling. He didn’t look like that when I left that morning. He had swelling on his eyes, but he didn’t look like that.”
Dotson and Manns both face the death penalty if convicted.
“I’m the only female in Brevard County facing the death penalty,” Dotson said.
The state is expected to call rebuttal witnesses on Tuesday. Closing arguments will follow.
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A Boulder County boy suffered minor injuries after he crashed his dirt bike into a pickup truck Wednesday morning.
The incident happened in the Safeway parking lot, located at 1601 Coalton Road, around 9:35 a.m. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the boy was traveling too fast on his dirt bike when he collided with the truck “after being unable to stop in time.” The boy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
BCSO did not provide the boy’s age.
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said this incident “reflects a broader concern: more accidents and illegal riding are being reported in the community, particularly involving juveniles on e-bikes, electric dirt bikes, and gas dirt bikes.”
The sheriff’s office said many of these crashes are linked to speed. Before your child rides, BCSO said they should be able to:
Confidently ride in traffic and at intersections
Use hand signals and avoid hazards like parked car doors
Yield to pedestrians on shared paths
Demonstrate safe habits on a regular bike first
Riders should always wear a helmet, be “smart” about passengers, follow traffic laws and stay visible.
“Fast and powerful bikes can be exciting, but they also carry serious risks,” said Sergeant Dave Salaman in a statement. “We encourage parents to talk with their children, understand the laws, and make sure young riders are ready before letting them hit the road.”
When it comes to riding such bikes in Boulder County, the sheriff’s office said “not all bikes are the same” and could be subject to various laws.
BCSO provided the following legal breakdown:
Class 1 e-bike (pedal assist, max 20 mph) – Allowed on multi-use paths and open space trails.
Class 2 e-bike (pedal assist + throttle, max 20 mph) – Allowed on multi-use paths; not recommended for children under 16.
Class 3 e-bike (pedal assist, max 28 mph) – Restricted to roads and bike lanes. Operators must be 16+, helmets are required under 18, and a speedometer must be installed.
Electric motorcycles and dirt bikes – Classified as motorized vehicles and require a motorcycle endorsement, registration, license plates, and insurance when used on public roads. They are not permitted on sidewalks or multi-use trails.
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A Colorado jury on Friday awarded $21 million to a woman who was paralyzed when she fell from a ski lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort three years ago.
The jury verdict comes just over a year after the Colorado Supreme Court considered the woman’s case and ruled that liability waivers do not protect ski resorts when resorts violate state laws or regulations. That ruling allowed the lawsuit to go forward and likely ended a push by ski resorts to use such waivers to shield themselves from almost all lawsuits.
The case and its $21 million verdict may open up new avenues for skiers to sue ski operators, particularly over incidents involving chairlifts, said Brian Aleinikoff, an attorney for Annie Miller, the woman who fell in 2022.
“For the longest time, ski areas have been so insulated from lawsuits,” he said. “…At the end of the day the ‘inherent dangers’ and risks of skiing aren’t going to change. If you are skiing and you hit a rock or a bare patch or some ice or you go over a cliff, that is on you. But I think how some of the ski lifts operate — that is really where this will have the biggest impact moving forward.”
Jurors on Friday awarded the family $5.3 million in non-economic damages, $10.5 million in economic damages and $5.3 million in damages for physical impairment and disfigurement, according to an order from 17th Judicial District Court Judge Jeffrey Smith.
The jury assigned 25% of the fault for the incident to Miller and 75% of the fault to Vail Resorts, which owns Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Vail Resorts expects to pay a total of $12.4 million in damages both because of the jury’s assignment of fault and a statutory cap on non-economic damages.
“We disagree with the decision and believe that it was inconsistent with Colorado law,” Katie Lyons, communications manager for Vail Resorts, said in an email. “Still, we recognize the personal toll this accident has taken on Ms. Miller and her family, and we wish her continued strength in her recovery. We remain committed to the highest safety standards in our operations.”
Miller, now 20, was 16 when she fell 30 feet from a four-seat, high-speed chairlift at Crested Butte on March 16, 2022. Miller boarded the Paradise Express lift with her father, but couldn’t get properly seated, and grabbed the chairlift to keep from falling.
Her father and others began to yell for the lift to be stopped as she was dragged forward, but the lift continued with Miller hanging from the chair and her father trying to pull her back to safety.
Eventually, Miller fell and landed on her back. Even then, the lift did not stop, and her father, Michael Miller, was forced to ride to the top and ski down to his daughter, who suffered severe injuries and was paralyzed after the fall.
Michael Miller brought a negligence lawsuit against Crested Butte, arguing that the resort employees should have stopped the lift before his daughter fell.
Annie Miller is now a junior at the University of Tulsa, where she is studying music and psychology, Aleinikoff said.
“We are trying to hold ski areas accountable to ensure they are following the safety rules and violations they have agreed to follow, in order to protect folks like Annie Miller who come out and want to ski,” he said. “To me it is not asking that much of them.”
Arapahoe sheriff deputies, South Metro firefighters and Colorado State Patrol investigate an injury accident on South Parker Road north of South Chambers Road on Sept. 1, 2025. (Provided by Arapahoe Sheriff Department)
A motorist driving a BMW at speeds in excess of 100 mph lost control of the vehicle Monday on South Parker Road just and ended up wheels pointed skyward between two horse trailers, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities said the driver and a passenger were seriously injured in the crash, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. just southeast of the Cherry Creek Reservoir.
Witnesses told authorities that the driver of the BMW was speeding southbound on South Parker Road just north of South Chambers Road when the sedan left the roadway, crashed through a fence and landed upside down between the trailers. The driver and passenger were taken to a hospital.
Had it happened on another day, Glenn Cadrez figures he would be dead.
The former Super Bowl champion Broncos player was driving home from a pizza party after his 14-year-old son Kannon’s Pop Warner game on Aug. 23. He was two miles from his exit around 9:30 p.m. on Interstate 15 in California, when a huge cloud of dust caught his eye in the northbound lanes.
“It happened so quick. I was like, ‘What the (heck) was that?’ Then it slammed into the car, maybe two seconds in front of me. Just boom!” Cadrez recalled from his Temecula home Sunday night. “Normally, I would have been in that left lane. But I wasn’t on a Saturday with my kids in another car following me. I was driving slower in the middle lane. Thank God. I don’t think I would have survived.”
What happened next has caused Cadrez multiple sleepless nights. He said he swerved left to avoid the wreck, jumped out of his truck and ran to the scene. He saw a man hunched over outside the Nissan Sentra that was struck, so he raced to the BMW that was on fire. When he pulled open the door, his face became engulfed in black smoke and flames.
“I couldn’t see really anything in the car, not even the passenger seat, just the silhouette of the driver. I grabbed and felt his body and began pulling him out,” Cadrez said. “It looked like he had a compound fracture in his leg, and he was in a lot of pain. … I was able to get him out, and another guy showed up and we moved him away. A few seconds later, the car was fully engulfed.”
Cadrez’s two sons arrived with their mother not long after — and braced for the worst. When they saw his truck stopped on the shoulder, they thought he had been hit. Cadrez was overjoyed to see them, but struggled to make sense of the scene. How did that car end up here, going the wrong way?
The 25-year-old man Cadrez removed from the vehicle sustained major injuries and charges are pending, the L.A. Times reported. But he was alive.
Three others in his car — a 23-year-old woman in the passenger seat and a 14-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl in the backseat — were killed, the L.A. Times reported. The news hit Cadrez like a thunderbolt.
“It was really hard to hear that. Those are the ages of my sons. It’s so sad,” Cadrez said of the crash that also took the life of the driver in the other car, according to the CHP.
“When I got there, I was yelling to see if anyone was there. I was asking the driver if anyone else was in there. I never heard anything. No voices. Maybe I couldn’t have saved them. But I wish I could have done more to help. It hurts.”
His mind and heart racing, Cadrez barely slept in the days following the wreck. It never entered his mind, however, not to do something.
“I have got kids. Everything I do is with them in mind. I would like to think if they were in trouble, someone would help them,” Cadrez said. “So my only thought was, ‘I have to get this guy out.’ I just wish I could have been there maybe a few seconds sooner. It just torched so fast. The heat was unbelievable. I thought it was going to blow.”
Glenn Cadrez attends Big Game Kick-Off Event, hosted by Jay Glazer, Merging Vets And Players, at Academy LA on February 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)
Cadrez, 55, served as a critical special teams member in 1997 and a starting linebacker in 1998 during the Broncos’ back-to-back Super Bowl championships. We like to think that we would all be good Samaritans. But let’s be honest, it takes a special person to run toward a fire.
When news spread of Cadrez’s actions, his former teammates were not surprised. This is how they described him.
“Glenn was an absolute rock star teammate. He showed us what it means to be tough and committed,” said former star fullback Howard Griffith. “He made sure we were all on the same page. And he always put the team first.”
Cadrez called Hall of Famer Steve Atwater not long after the crash. About 30 Broncos from those glory days remain in a group chat as a way to stay in touch.
“He saved a young man’s life!” Atwater said. “… Glenn was an awesome teammate, a great player.”
As the texts came in about Cadrez, they carried a common theme. Smart. Athletic. Selfless.
“He knew every position on our defense,” said edge rusher Alfred Williams. “He is a great dude.”
I covered Cadrez during those Super Bowl years, and can vividly recall how popular he was in the locker room. He was someone who could be trusted, who was more concerned with playing for his teammates than personal accolades. Told of their recollections, Cadrez paused.
“That means a lot,” Cadrez said.
What happened on that Saturday night, what he did, makes Cadrez even more special. Even if he doesn’t see it that way.
“I was there at the right time to do something. That’s it. There wasn’t really a thought process,” said Cadrez, who flies a Broncos flag outside of his home on game days and plans to attend an alumni function in Denver this season. “I am not a hero. It happened so quick. I just wanted to help. That is what it is really all about.”
Denver Broncos linebacker Glenn Cadrez celebrates the Broncos’ overtime win over the Oakland Raiders on Nov. 25, 1999. (Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post)
A screenshot of Michael Gardner’s Instagram account.
A Colorado mountain climber fell to his death while descending the Jannu East peak in Nepal this month, during a third attempt at establishing a route on the peak’s north face.
A tribute to Michael Gardner published by the American Alpine Club said the 32-year-old was widely respected among his fellow alpinists for his “empathy, enthusiasm, dedication to the craft of climbing, pure motivations and lack of ego.”
“His quiet pursuit of the mountains on his own terms means his legacy is not flashy but found in traces and in the background — he was climbing and skiing for the sake of the craft, not for recognition,” the organization wrote.
Gardner was born in Ridgway and spent his childhood shadowing his father, George, on climbing expeditions around the world, according to Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing brand that sponsored Gardner and announced his death on social media Oct. 8.
The company’s post described Gardner as a consummate outdoorsman and athlete who enjoyed skateboarding and skiing in addition to his lifelong passion of mountain climbing.
On Oct. 7, Gardner and Hennessey were attempting the north face of Jannu East, also known as Kumbhakarna East, when Gardner fell during their descent. Hennessey returned from the climb.
Gardner’s surviving family includes his mother, Colleen, and sister, Megan, according to Climbing Magazine. The magazine said the October climb marked Gardner and Hennessey’s fourth time visiting Jannu East and was their third try at the north face.
HOUSTON – Two children, both under the age of five, somehow survived a violent rollover crash in which they both were ejected from the vehicle.
Video from moments after the crash has since gone viral, collecting millions of views around the nation as the two toddlers, wearing only diapers, pick themselves up from the hot asphalt.
The video, shared with KPRC 2, started just after all of the vehicles involved came to a stop. You can see a man running towards the children, who appear to be stunned.
Other videos shared with KPRC 2′s Gage Goulding show the children bloodied and are too graphic to share.
“And by sheer miracle, they sustained very minor injuries and are expected to survive,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Ed Gonzalez.
The crash happened around 7 p.m. this past Sunday on the I-10 East Freeway near Freeport Blvd.
According to Sheriff Gonzalez, a driver in the exit lane entered the main travel lanes, slamming into the Jeep the children were riding in along with their father.
“Then the Jeep flipped over,” the sheriff said.
The white Jeep rolled over several times leading to the children to be thrown from the vehicle.
Neither of the children—ages one and four years old—were in car seat or even buckled in.
“I’m still shocked that they’re alive,” Sheriff Gonzalez said. “By state law, you’re supposed to have a car seat of your eight years old or younger. Neither, had a seatbelt on, so it’s very reckless and irresponsible.”
It’s that recklessness that could land the children’s dad charges.
According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, no one has been officially charged, but investigators are not ruling that out.
“There could be charges filed,” the sheriff said. “So, we’re not ruling that out. We just want to complete a few loose ends.”
The good news is that both children are expected to make a full recovery.
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“At least my fetus was safe from aphids.”
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“There goes the scapegoat for my pregnant drinking.”
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“When we declared war on weeds, we knew there’d be casualties.”
