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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 218
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Jade Stevens, 21, sits on the sidewalk near her wrecked Jeep on Thursday morning after being struck by a semitrailer on westbound Lincoln Avenue. Stevens was headed west in the right-hand lane when the truck attempted to turn right from the left-hand lane. The impact tipped the Jeep, which slid to a stop on its side. Stevens was ejected from her vehicle, and she apparently suffered minor injuries in the accident.
Crash tips car downtown
Semi driver cited for careless driving in Lincoln Avenue wreck that tipped Jeep Zach Fridell
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A 21-year-old woman appeared to be only slightly injured after her Jeep Wrangler was tipped on its side in a Thursday morning crash with a wide-load trailer on Lincoln Avenue in downtown Steamboat Springs. Police say the crash happened when a westbound semitrailer carrying snow-groom-
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ing equipment tried to make a Second trucker right turn onto swipes three Fourth Street vehicles on from the left Muddy Pass. lane of Lincoln See page 14 Avenue. The trucker told police he was trying to avoid the heavy Lincoln Avenue traffic. The front right tire of the truck hit the rear driver’s side of a black Jeep in the right lane, knocking the Jeep into a spin and eventually over onto the
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Partly sunny and cooler. High of 68.
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passenger side, where it skidded to a stop, police said. Police cited the driver of the truck, 33-year-old Wesley Williams, for careless driving causing bodily injury, Steamboat Springs Police Department Sgt. Dale Coyner said. The driver of the Jeep, 21year-old Jade Stevens, was knocked out of her vehicle as it rolled onto its side. She was not wearing a seat belt, Coyner said.
Stevens was not immediately transported to Yampa Valley Medical Center by medical crews. However, she later decided to seek medical treatment, Coyner said. The extent of her injuries is not yet known. According to police, both vehicles were westbound on Lincoln Avenue when Williams attempted to make a wide right turn onto Fourth Street. “When it went to make the See Crash, page 15
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