Aug 5, 2009 9:18 am US/Mountain
Truck Crash Kills Child, Injures 7 Others
SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (AP) ―
The Colorado State Patrol says a child was killed and seven people were injured when a pickup ran off a southeast Colorado highway and rolled.
The patrol says the driver, 55-year-old Dannie Loyd of Denver, may have fallen asleep when the pickup drifted off U.S. 287 about six miles south of Springfield Tuesday.
Loyd, another adult and five children were taken to hospitals with moderate to serious injuries. Another child died at the scene.
The patrol says the adults were in the front seat, five children were in the back seat and another was in the bed of the pickup. The children ranged from 1 to 17 years old.
Troopers say none was wearing a seat belt or in a proper child restraint.
Springfield is 200 miles southeast of Denver
(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
Tribal Leaders Bless Census SUV
Slideshow: Colorado's Weirdest Crime
Stumble It!
Comments