Highway 24 fatal x2
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Weather blamed in crashes
More snow expected
By JENNIFER WILSON
March 16, 2008 - 10:04PM
Snow and ice blasted the Pikes Peak region Sunday, causing problems for many travelers, especially east of Colorado Springs.
Heavy fog blanketed eastern El Paso County, limiting visibility to a quarter-mile in places, National Weather Service spokesman Joe Ceru said.
"By midmorning (Monday), it'll probably start to dissipate," Ceru said.
Fog may have contributed to a crash near Calhan that killed two people, the Colorado State Patrol said.
A pickup driver trying to pass at least one other vehicle while heading east on U.S. Highway 24 about 3 p.m. got clipped by a westbound semi, trooper Gilbert Mares said. The semi then hit four other eastbound vehicles, killing two people in two vehicles, he said.
The pickup driver was arrested on suspicion of driving too fast for the foggy conditions, Mares said. The driver's name wasn't released Sunday evening, and neither were the names of the people killed.
The fog also caused many flight cancellations and delays at the Colorado Springs Airport.
Slick conditions on Interstate 25 caused about a dozen minor crashes between Garden of the Gods and Woodmen roads late Sunday evening, Colorado Springs police said. Police closed the northbound lanes of the interstate while the crashes were cleaned up.
The weather service predicted Teller County, Monument and Black Forest could get about 7 to 10 inches of snow by tonight. Colorado Springs could get 2 to 7 inches by tonight, forecasters said.
More snow expected
By JENNIFER WILSON
March 16, 2008 - 10:04PM
Snow and ice blasted the Pikes Peak region Sunday, causing problems for many travelers, especially east of Colorado Springs.
Heavy fog blanketed eastern El Paso County, limiting visibility to a quarter-mile in places, National Weather Service spokesman Joe Ceru said.
"By midmorning (Monday), it'll probably start to dissipate," Ceru said.
Fog may have contributed to a crash near Calhan that killed two people, the Colorado State Patrol said.
A pickup driver trying to pass at least one other vehicle while heading east on U.S. Highway 24 about 3 p.m. got clipped by a westbound semi, trooper Gilbert Mares said. The semi then hit four other eastbound vehicles, killing two people in two vehicles, he said.
The pickup driver was arrested on suspicion of driving too fast for the foggy conditions, Mares said. The driver's name wasn't released Sunday evening, and neither were the names of the people killed.
The fog also caused many flight cancellations and delays at the Colorado Springs Airport.
Slick conditions on Interstate 25 caused about a dozen minor crashes between Garden of the Gods and Woodmen roads late Sunday evening, Colorado Springs police said. Police closed the northbound lanes of the interstate while the crashes were cleaned up.
The weather service predicted Teller County, Monument and Black Forest could get about 7 to 10 inches of snow by tonight. Colorado Springs could get 2 to 7 inches by tonight, forecasters said.
Two Dispatchers Killed
Victims ID'd in 5-car wreck on Hwy. 24 Colo Springs Gazette News
March 17, 2008 - 10:00AM
THE GAZETTE
Two Elbert County Sheriff's Office dispatchers on their way home from work were killed Sunday in a five-vehicle wreck east of Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon.
The victims have been identified as Richard Rockwell, 56, and Todd Sielaff, 45, both of Simla, the Colorado State Patrol said.
An investigation by the State Patrol found 38-year-old Donald Massmann caused the wreck when he tried to pass another vehicle in heavy fog on eastbound Colorado Highway 24, about three miles west of Calhan.
Massmann was headed east at about 50 mph when he pulled into the westbound lane to pass a camper that was towing a vehicle behind it. Visibility was about 100 feet because of freezing fog and light snow, the state patrol said in a statement.
Massmann swerved to avoid a westbound tractor-trailer, but his pickup clipped the left front of the truck and was sent spinning off the north side of the highway. The collision damaged one of the tractor-trailer's tires, and it careened into the eastbound lane, smashing into vehicles driven by 48-year-old Terry Jaques of Limon, Rockwell and Sielaff. Jaques was unhurt.
The tractor-trailer driver, 51-year-old Stanley Strock of Wooster, Ohio, complained of chest pain but was otherwise unhurt.
Massmann is being held without bond at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.
Victims ID'd in 5-car wreck on Hwy. 24 Colo Springs Gazette News
March 17, 2008 - 10:00AM
THE GAZETTE
Two Elbert County Sheriff's Office dispatchers on their way home from work were killed Sunday in a five-vehicle wreck east of Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon.
The victims have been identified as Richard Rockwell, 56, and Todd Sielaff, 45, both of Simla, the Colorado State Patrol said.
An investigation by the State Patrol found 38-year-old Donald Massmann caused the wreck when he tried to pass another vehicle in heavy fog on eastbound Colorado Highway 24, about three miles west of Calhan.
Massmann was headed east at about 50 mph when he pulled into the westbound lane to pass a camper that was towing a vehicle behind it. Visibility was about 100 feet because of freezing fog and light snow, the state patrol said in a statement.
Massmann swerved to avoid a westbound tractor-trailer, but his pickup clipped the left front of the truck and was sent spinning off the north side of the highway. The collision damaged one of the tractor-trailer's tires, and it careened into the eastbound lane, smashing into vehicles driven by 48-year-old Terry Jaques of Limon, Rockwell and Sielaff. Jaques was unhurt.
The tractor-trailer driver, 51-year-old Stanley Strock of Wooster, Ohio, complained of chest pain but was otherwise unhurt.
Massmann is being held without bond at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.
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