Cellphone use ruled out in CO crash that killed 6

Release Date ‎Oct 15, 2011‎ in The Associated Press

 
   
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Cellphone use ruled out in CO crash that killed 6

Boston Globe - Solomon Banda - ‎Oct 15, 2011‎
This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a tractor-trailer rig. ...

Authorities rule out cellphone use in Colorado crash that killed 6, injured 7

Washington Post - ‎Oct 15, 2011‎
By AP, KIT CARSON, Colo. â€" Investigators are ruling out alcohol, drugs and cellphone use as reasons a van driven by a Colorado sheriff's deputy slammed into a cattle trailer along a rural highway under repair, killing him and five foster and adopted ...

2 Colorado towns stunned by crash that killed 5 kids from group home, injured 7

Washington Post - Steven K. Paulson, Dan Elliott - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
By AP, KIT CARSON, Colo. â€" Cellphone use was ruled out Friday as the reason a van driven by a Colorado sheriff s deputy slammed into a cattle trailer along a rural highway under repair, killing him and five foster and adopted children he and his wife ...

Cellphone Use Ruled out in CO Crash That Killed 6

ABC News - Solomon Banda - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
Photos are left at a make-shift memorial in Cheyenne Wells, Colo., for Howard Mitchell on a Sheriff's car after Mitchell and six members of the Mitchell House group home were killed when the vehicle driven by Mitchell hit the ...

5 Children, Deputy Die in Colo. Crash

The Associated Press - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
A van driven by a sheriff's deputy who ran a group home for adopted and foster children collided with a trailer Thursday, killing him and five children and injuring seven other children. (Oct. 14)

5 children killed after van rams into tractor-trailer

CNN International - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
By the CNN Wire Staff The foster father -- Howard Mitchell, 57 -- was driving the children to school when the van crashed Thursday south of Kit Carson, Colorado, CNN affiliate KMGH reported. The Dodge with 12 occupants was in a construction zone with ...

Five Children, Adult Dead in Colorado Tractor-Trailer Crash

Fox News - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
| AP DENVER â€" A van driven by a sheriff's deputy who ran a group home for adopted and foster children collided with a livestock trailer on Thursday in a highway construction zone, killing five children and injuring seven others. ...

State patrol: 5 kids, 1 man dead in Colo. crash

The Associated Press - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) â€" Five children and a man who ran a group home were killed Thursday when their van collided with a tractor-trailer in eastern Colorado, authorities said. All of the children in the van live at the home for adopted and foster ...

5 children among 6 dead in Colo. crash of van, big rig

USA Today - Michael Winter - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
Five children are among six people killed when a van collided with a big rig in eastern Colorado, authorities say. Update at 4:54 pm ET: The van driver who died was identified as Howard Mitchell, the children's foster ...

State patrol: 3 dead in crash of van carrying kids

Forbes - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
AP , 10.13.11, 02:59 PM EDT KIT CARSON, Colo. -- Authorities say a van carrying schoolchildren collided with a tractor-trailer rig in southeast Colorado, killing at least three people. Kiowa County sheriff's spokesman Chris Sorensen confirms at least ...

Funeral planned for five children

KXRM - Rachel Welte - ‎Oct 16, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, COLO. -- Funeral services have been scheduled for the five children and a Cheyenne County Sheriff's Deputy killed in an accident on Highway 287 near Kit Carson Thursday. The services will be held Friday, October 21, ...

Funeral for 6 killed in eastern Colorado crash will be Friday in Eads

The Republic - ‎Oct 16, 2011‎
AP KIT CARSON, Colo. â€" Services for the five children and the Cheyenne County sheriff's deputy killed in an accident in a construction zone on US 287 south of Eads will be Friday. KUSA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/rucYmd ) that services will be at 1 pm in ...

Funeral service announced for father, children killed in crash

9NEWS.com - ‎Oct 16, 2011‎
KIT CARSON - Funeral services for five children and their foster dad killed last week after a car wreck near Kit Carson have been announced. Howard Mitchell was driving his 12 foster kids to school Thursday morning when their van crashed into a semi. ...

Family Of Van Crash Victims Thanks Community

KMGH Denver - Megan Jurgemeyer - ‎Oct 16, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, Colo. -- The Mitchell family, who lost a father and five children in a tragic crash with a semitruck Thursday, released a statement Saturday. In the statement, the family said they “would like to thank our community and a wide circle of ...

'Thank you,' says family in fatal crash

Pueblo Chieftain - ‎Oct 15, 2011‎
KIT CARSON â€" The family of the five Eads students and their foster father who were killed in a crash south of town Thursday thanked the community Saturday for their support and said the children who survived the crash are recovering well. ...

5 Kids, 1 Adult Killed When Van Slammed into Semi-Truck in Eastern Colorado

Justice News Flash - ‎Oct 15, 2011‎
Kit Carson, CO â€" Six people were killed, including five children, when a van slammed into the back of a stopped 18-wheeler in eastern Colorado. The fatal crash occurred Thursday, October 13, 2011, on US 287 south of Kit Carson, about 130 miles ...

Cellphone use ruled out in CO crash that killed 6

6abc.com - ‎Oct 15, 2011‎
AP KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - October 15, 2011 (WPVI) -- The Colorado State Patrol has ruled out cellphone use as the cause of a crash that killed six people in eastern Colorado. Patrol Technician Tim Ortiz says troopers found no evidence that ...

Community mourns, honors victims of deadly crash at football game

kwgn.com - Tammy Vigil - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
EADS, Colo. â€" Investigators, family members and residents of a small eastern Colorado community are mourning their loss while they search for answers after a van crashed into the back of a semitrailer, killing six family members. ...

Superintendent: 'We're all in agony,' over crash

9NEWS.com - Deborah Sherman - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
KIT CARSON - The Kit Carson School Board in Cheyenne County didn't want some of ... BRECKENRIDGE - Of all the times Linda Nelson and her two boys Andy and Bryan ... NEW YORK (AP) - The Big East plans to invite Boise State, Air Force and Navy as . ...

Family working to cope as investigators piece together deadly accident on the ...

Denver Post - Jordan Steffen - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
Pat Daugherty of Cheyenne Wells touches a picture of Howard Mitchell at a memorial in Cheyenne Wells. (AP | Will Powers) Photos are left at a memorial on a sheriff's car in Cheyenne Wells for Howard Mitchell after he and six members ...

Howard Mitchell and five children killed in Colorado road crash

100gf | Politics and Computers - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
An off-duty sheriff's deputy has been killed, along with five children, in a road crash near Kit Carson, Colorado. Howard Mitchell ran a group home for adopted and foster children, and was driving a group of 12 to nearby Eads when their van hit the ...

Six people die in Cheyenne County accident

Bent County Democrat - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
By Anonymous The Colorado State Patrol in conjunction with The State of Colorado Human Services is investigating a traffic crash involving a van and tractor-trailer that resulted in six fatalities in Cheyenne County. The crash occurred on Colorado 287 ...

Six Killed in CO Vehicle Collision

FireEngineering.com - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
Six people awere killed after a van carrying children from a group home for adopted and foster children collided with a semi truck in Colorado on Thursday morning. The driver and five youngsters ranging in age from four to 17 were killed. ...

Van slams into trailer

KRGV - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) â€" A highway crash in Colorado involving a van and a cattle trailer has left the driver of the van and five children dead. The driver of the van was a sheriff's deputy who ran a group home for adopted and foster children. ...

Deaths of foster father, five kids in highway crash devastate eastern Colorado ...

Denver Post - Jordan Steffen, Kieran Nicholson - ‎Oct 14, 2011‎
Howard Mitchell loaded 12 children into his van Thursday morning, preparing for the drive he made twice each weekday â€" three times during football season â€" from Kit Carson to the children's school in Eads. ...

Deadly collision claims six

Pueblo Chieftain - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
This accident scene on US 287 south of Kit Carson on Thursday is where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a tractor-trailer rig. An off-duty Cheyenne County sheriff's deputy and five Eads school children ...

Teen From Ordway Killed In Kit Carson Crash

KRDO - Lindsay Watts - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
ORDWAY, Colo. -- A teenager from Ordway was one of six people killed in a deadly crash near Kit Carson Thursday. Jeremy Franks, 17, was raised in Ordway, but had been staying with a foster father and going to school in Eads. Community members in Ordway ...

State patrol: 5 kids, 1 man dead in Colo. crash--video extra

Los Alamos Monitor - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) â€" Five children and a sheriff's deputy who ran a group home where they lived were killed Thursday morning when his van collided with a livestock trailer. Howard Mitchell was taking 12 of the children from the home in Kit Carson ...

Authorities investigate cause of crash that killed 6

Fox 31 KDVR.com - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
EADS, Colo. -- A father and five of his foster children died Thursday morning when a passenger van struck a tractor trailer on Highway 287 in Kit Carson County, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The accident occurred at about 7:30 am when ...

State patrol: 5 kids, 1 man dead in Colo. crash

Northern Colorado 5 - ‎Oct 13, 2011‎
KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy who ran a group home for adopted and foster children was killed along with five children when his van collided with a livestock trailer Thursday morning. Howard Mitchell was taking 12 children from the group ...

 

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