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Pack The Patrol Car- Toy Drive

Pack The Patrol Car- Toy Drive

The Colorado State Patrol will be holding the 4rd Annual Christmas Cruiser Challenge: Pack The Patrol Car on November 25, 2016 from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Walmart stores in La Junta and Lamar.  Just look for the patrol cars parked near the store entrance. The Colorado State Patrol is challenging you to […]

Two Injured in Baca County Highway Accident

Two Injured in Baca County Highway Accident

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at approximately 6:30 am, Colorado State Patrol responded to a single vehicle rollover crash on Baca CR j, 0.7 miles west of Baca CR 15. The crash location was approximately 10 miles west of Campo on CR J. The 2006 Dodge pickup, driven by 20 year old Braelen Fisher of […]

WILDLIFE ON THE MOVE!

WILDLIFE ON THE MOVE!

STATEWIDE – Vehicle collisions with wildlife happen year round, but statistics indicate that the migration of animals to their wintering habitats can lead to higher incidents of wildlife-vehicle collisions during the fall and winter seasons. The Colorado Department of Wildlife (CDOT) and partnering agencies, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and Colorado State Patrol (CSP), remind […]

Two Injured in Kiowa County Fire Truck Rollover Accident-CSP UPDATE

Two Injured in Kiowa County Fire Truck Rollover Accident-CSP UPDATE

Sunday, October 2, 2016 at approximately 1:52pm, CSP was notified of a single vehicle rollover crash on Hwy 96 at mile post 190 in Kiowa County, CO involving a Kiowa County Fire Truck. The crash location was approximately three miles west of Sheridan Lake, CO.  The 1980 Chevrolet pickup that was converted into a fire […]

City: Have Trailer, Will Sell

City: Have Trailer, Will Sell

The City of Lamar came into the unintentional possession of a trailer after the Lamar Police Department towed a semi-truck which was parked in violation of city ordinances. A trucking company retrieved their tractor, but left the trailer.  Police Chief Kyle Miller explained that despite a pretty intensive search for over a half year, his […]

Busy Labor Day for Local Law Enforcement

Busy Labor Day for Local Law Enforcement

MEDIA RELEASE September 6, 2016 On September 5, 2016 at approximately 7:00 PM officers of the Lamar Police Department responded to the 400 block of Chadwick Way for a disturbance involving a possible weapon. Officers searched the area and the residence where the incident was reportedly to have occurred. No gun or subject with a […]

Labor Day DUI Enforcement Begins Today

Labor Day DUI Enforcement Begins Today

STATEWIDE — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law agencies are joining forces under The Heat Is On campaign to crack down on impaired drivers for the annual Labor Day DUI crackdown. 82 law enforcement agencies from across the state are participating in the effort. The enforcement period begins […]

CSP: Hazardous Tanker Spill Closes Highway 50 Near Hasty

CSP: Hazardous Tanker Spill Closes Highway 50 Near Hasty

  The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a one vehicle non-injury traffic crash that occurred on August 6, 2016 at approximately 5:00 PM. The crash occurred on Highway 50 (7 miles east of the town of Hasty). A 2008 Peterbilt truck and tanker trailer, driven by Dekota Renner, a 25 year old Colorado male, […]

CSP Seeks Info on Otero Fatal Crash

CSP Seeks Info on Otero Fatal Crash

The Colorado State Patrol investigating a single vehicle crash involving one fatal injury, which occurred on Otero County Road 21, approximately 1 miles south of Otero County Road Y, in Otero County. A 1990 Nissan Pickup was traveling southbound on Otero County Road 21, when it went off the rightside of the road and collided […]

Great Turnout for National Night Out

Great Turnout for National Night Out

Instead of just a singular National Night Out or Chamber Ice Cream Social, several organizations combined their summer evening events into one big gathering at Willow Creek Park on Tuesday, August 2nd. Scores of people lined up along Rotary Way for their free grilled hamburgers, and although the advertising was for free burgers for the […]

Rural Seat Belt Enforcement - Click It or Ticket Runs July 18-24

Rural Seat Belt Enforcement – Click It or Ticket Runs July 18-24

    STATEWIDE — Seat belt usage rates for Colorado rural communities are some of the lowest in the state. In fact, according to a 2015 CDOT survey, three of the five lowest counties for seat belt use in Colorado are rural — Baca (67.1 percent), Delta (70.8 percent) and Montrose (75.5 percent). To improve […]

CDOT Responds to Speeding Concerns in Bristol

Several weeks ago, the Prowers County Commissioners discussed several pages of petitions submitted by Bristol residents concerned about speeders passing through their town along US 385. Several letters from interested parties were also noted by the commissioners regarding those concerns and had been mailed to CDOT officials as well. The commissioners noted a letter from […]

Two Dead in Prowers County Crash

Two Dead in Prowers County Crash

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a three vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Colorado 50 MP 458, approximately 25 miles east of Lamar, on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 15:15 hours. A 2011 Isuzu delivery truck was eastbound on Colorado 50 when the driver lost control and swerved into the westbound lane. The Isuzu […]

Distracted Driving Crashes on the Rise in Colorado

Distracted Driving Crashes on the Rise in Colorado

CDOT Plans for Distracted Driving Awareness Month STATEWIDE — There were an estimated 15,307 distracted driving crashes in Colorado in 2015, a number that has grown by 16 percent in the last four years. In 2012 there were 13,236 distracted driving crashes; in 2013 there were 14,002; and in 2014 there were 14,753. With these troubling statistics […]