Denver Personal Injury Law Blog

Jury selection began recently in Colorado Springs for the trial of a woman alleged to have dragged a tow truck driver for more than a mile in February 2011. Prosecutors say the tow truck driver was hooking up a sport utility vehicle to tow it out of an illegal parking space when the woman who owned the SUV got in the vehicle and drove off.

Witnesses to the fatal car accident state that the man's leg became tangled in a tow cable he had connected to the SUV. The man was dragged behind the vehicle for over a mile before his legs were "severed" from his body.

No one is prepared to lose a loved one or friend at such a young age, especially when the young person is about to graduate and move on to the next stage of his or her life. It is generally a time for celebration. Tragically, a 17-year-old Windsor High School junior died earlier this month in a two-car crash on Colorado Route 257, near U.S. Route 34. Now, instead of celebrating his next rite of passage as an adult, a community will be burying a dear family member and friend.

According to a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol, the car accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. on January 18, just west of Greeley, Colorado. The trooper says a southbound 2000 silver Ford F-250 crossed into the northbound lane unexpectedly and collided head-on with a 2009 white Toyota Camry.

A 33-year-old Douglas County Sheriff's deputy was arrested after he allegedly caused a New Year's Day crash on Interstate 25. According to a spokeswoman for the Castle Rock Police Department, the off-duty officer was issued a summons for investigation of drunken driving, careless driving and DUI following the car crash.

The police report says the deputy was driving north on I-25 near Founder's Parkway about 11:30 a.m. on January 1, 2012, when he stopped his personal vehicle in the middle lane of the interstate.

Aurora Police arrested a 40-year-old Centennial man earlier this month. Officers suspect he was involved in a fatal hit-and-run car accident Dec. 3. Police are holding the man, a medical doctor, on suspicion of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and careless driving resulting in death. The court set his bond at $10,000.

A 55-year-old Aurora man died Dec. 3 after a gold colored SUV, allegedly driven by the Centennial man, hit him. According to Aurora police, the man was trying to cross South Havana Street near Mississippi Avenue shortly before 8:00 p.m. He was standing in the median of the road when the northbound SUV collided with him. The driver of the SUV did not stop after the car crash.