May 23, 2013

This week's headlines

Accidents investigated

A three-car accident on Highway 65 in front of RJ's Steakhouse south of Cedaredge resulted in minor injuries. The Delta County Sheriff's Office reports Sandra Lehr had slowed down to make a righthand turn into RJ's parking lot when a truck rear-ended a car driven by Cindy Sullivan, causing her to strike the rear of Lehr's car.

The highway was blocked for a short time as the accident was cleaned up. Two women were transported to the hospital.

The accident occurred at about 5 p.m. Nov. 30.


On Dec. 2, at about 6:50 p.m., the Delta Police Department responded to an accident involving a passenger car and an ambulance at Highway 92 and Crawford Avenue. The ambulance sustained minor damage to the front driver's side of the bumper and fender. The second vehicle had moderate damage to the passenger side front door. There were no injuries. The driver of the passenger car was cited for failing to yield.

A second accident occurred about the same time at the intersection of Highway 92 and Highway 50. Officer Eddy determined Juanita Martha Leon was turning left onto Highway 92 when she struck a vehicle being driven by Hannah Qeshette Mary Rundle. Leon had a green light but failed to yield to oncoming traffic. She was issued a citation for failure to yield.

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