Colorado tour bus crash; 2 serious and 8 injured

Category Crime Reports, U.S. | Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Colorado tour bus crash

A tour bus veered off an icy mountain highway in central Colorado late Saturday, crashing on its side and injuring 8 people, 2 of them seriously, authorities said.
The bus was carrying 46 people en route to a winter resort town when the accident occurred about 8:20 p.m. MST on Highway 114, about eight miles southeast of Gunnison, the Colorado State Patrol said.
“The bus apparently failed to negotiate a curve, rolled off the road and onto its right side,” Trooper Nate Reid told The Associated Press.
He described driving conditions as “bad,” — icy and snowpacked and the stretch of highway had several curves.
Reid said none of the eight people hospitalized had life-threatening injuries. Two were rushed to a Grand Junction hospital with serious injuries, while the other six were hospitalized in Gunnison with moderate injuries.
The other 38 people aboard the bus were taken by a school bus to a hospital in Gunnison, about 140 miles southwest of Denver.

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BOULDER, Colorado wildfires force evacuations

Category USD | Saturday, 30 October 2010

Two fires burning in Colorado Friday has prompted the evacuation of the residences of 1 700 people more in the neighbours of the foothills, where dozens of houses were burned in a fire last month.

Nearly 140 houses in three subdivisions in the foothills of the County of Boulder were evacuated Friday morning, shortly after forest fires were for the first time, and authorities have issued calls to emergency numbers 181.Plus later, officials ordered evacuation for a part of West bloc.Les public buildings, including a main centre, a Palace of justice and two medical buildings were also evacuated.

Michelle Kelly in the County of Boulder incident management team said at least 150 firefighters were battling fires which have merged, increases of approximately 134 acres of Friday afternoon.

Both aircraft had about 20 drops of water and mud on the blaze and more were planned before the dark.

LCDR Rick Brough the Sheriff of the County of Boulder said that evacuations are more than any other thing, because the heavy winds has prompted the fire precaution could if rapidly extend the craintes.Il said no houses were immediately threatened and the wind died in.

17 To 23 mph with gusts up to 35 mph winds were predicted by the evening, but were supposed to weaken Saturday.

Brough said investigators believe that the burning was human caused because it began in open space in city and the second was triggered by the embers of the first.

Marjorie Leidig firstly because of the smoke and then flames at his home in Boulder.Bient?t West Sunshine canyon, she was onto important personal possessions and escape from a fire for the second time in seven weeks.

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