US EditionColorado Snowplow Driver Charged in Deadly Icy Crash with Youth Hockey Team
Investigators say the plow crossed the median on icy pavement and struck a van carrying 10 people, killing its driver and injuring eight others.
- On Thursday, the Colorado State Patrol charged Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow driver Colton Wiedman with careless driving causing death following the Jan 29 fatal I-70 collision near mile marker 218.
- Investigators determined Wiedman lost control while driving westbound in Clear Creek County, breaking through the cable rail at the median and entering eastbound traffic where he struck a van carrying a youth hockey team.
- Manuel Alejandro Lorenzana Villegas, the van driver and father of one player, was killed in the collision, while eight passengers including five children were hospitalized with serious injuries.
- Wiedman faces one count of careless driving causing death, four counts causing serious bodily injury, and three counts causing bodily injury; officials said he remains on administrative leave.
- The 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office is prosecuting the case, with Wiedman scheduled for an arraignment hearing in Clear Creek County Court on May 5.
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Colorado snowplow driver charged in deadly icy crash with youth hockey team
The driver of a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow, who's accused of causing a deadly crash involving a van with a girls' hockey team, has now been charged with multiple crimes related to that crash.
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Driver of CDOT snowplow involved in fatal crash with youth hockey van on I-70 charged with 8 misdemeanors
The Colorado State Patrol has charged the snowplow driver who was involved in a fatal crash with a van carrying a youth hockey team on Interstate 70 in Clear Creek County in January. One person was killed and several were injured when the snowplow lost control and crashed through the median into oncoming traffic on Jan. 29, according to the State Patrol. Officials later identified 29-year-old Littleton resident Colton Wiedman, who was working fo…
Charges filed in I-70 fatal crash involving CDOT plow driver and youth hockey team
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Charges have been filed against a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) plow driver following a crash on I-70 involving two passenger vehicles and a sprinter van carrying a hockey team from California. Law enforcement reports the crash killed one and injured several others. Colorado State Patrol says Colton A. Wiedman, 29, has been charged with the following: Failure to drive in a designated lane Carel…
Snowplow driver charged after losing control, crashing into hockey team van on I-70
In January, a snowplow on I-70 lost control and smashed through an interstate medium. The plow crashed into a van carrying a girls hockey team, killing the driver, severely injuring one passenger, and sending the rest of the team to the hospital with less serious injuries.
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