Prosecutors did not overlook a crash on
I-25 that killed a woman last y.
Now, months later, the driver who allegedly
caused the wreck is charged, and
a worker died in a trench
collapse right after Christmas.
Now the Labor Department is
going after his employer.
Plenty of concerns about being d
about artificial intelligence right now,
but CSU says it's new AI techno.
Can really make a difference
in climate change. There's
a driver being sued for a deadly crash
that killed a mom that drivers w
also facing charges in that deb.
The driver was towing a large
excavator on I-25 in Weld Count.
That's when the excavator hit an overpass
and large pieces of concrete fell on the
road, hitting and killing a young mom.
9 News Crime and Justice reporter Matt
Jablo is following the story and joins
us with details on the new charges. Matt
Kim It took several months but felony
charges have now been brought against the
truck driver accused of causing a crash
that killed 32 year old Megan Arneson.
Crash happened last August
on I-25 in Weld County.
The truck driver Darnell Yingling was
pulling an excavator at the time when
the truck went under an overpas.
The excavators arm hit the
overpasses concrete cross beams.
Sending large pieces of debris
onto Arnison's SUV, Arnison die.
Her 10 year old son,
who was also in the car,
was injured.
The Well County DA has now chard
the angling with four criminal counts,
including vehicular homicide.
9 News legal analyst Scott
Robinson says that is likely the
most serious charge that could
have been brought in this case.
Typically, an accident that sous
more like carelessness is not
charged to vehicular homicide,
so there must be significant evidence.
That the driver consciously disregarded
a substantial risk of harm to os
in the way that he either securd
the load or the way that he choe
to drive where there wasn't enoh
room to get under the overpass.
If convicted of vehicular homic,
Yangling faces up to 12 years in prison.
He's also been charged with criminally
negligent homicide and reckless driving.
He's due back in court on June .
Soon after she was killed, Hone,
his family sued Yingling and the
towing company he worked for.
Lawsuit says Yingling and the company
were reckless and negligent for not making
sure the excavator was properly secured.
That lawsuit is still ongoing, Came Tom.
Terrible case. We'll follow it through.
All right. Thank you, Matt.
A hearing is set for July that will determine
whether there's enough evidence in the
deadly rock throwing case to go to trial.
Three teenagers. Mitch Carroll Chick.
Zachary Quack and Joe
Koenig face murder charges.
Police say they threw landscaping rocks
at at least 7 passing vehicles last month.
One of the rocks killed 20
year old Alexa Bartel.
The hearing is set for July.
Boulder County authorities arred
two people for a driveby shootig
that hurt two teenagers last mo.
Deputies say a 17 year old and an 18 year
old were standing by their car near the
Crown Rock trail head on Flagstaff Rd.
Last Saturday morning when some.
In a passing car fired shots at them.
Both victims are expected to
recover from their injuries.
Boulder County authorities say 21 year
old Hafez Hernandez Gonzalez ann
unnamed 17 year old are behind the shooting,
but investigators add that more
charges are expected because otr
people were there during the shooting.
They did not say how many suspes
might know the victims or give
any details on a motive.
Denver
police are asking gun owners
to lock up their weapons.
That's because gun thefts are on the rise.
Just in the first five months of this year,
thieves have stolen 261 firearm.
That's just out of vehicles in Denver.
During that same time frame A year ago,
the number was down at 2:45,
a 6 1/2 percent increase.
Often times, police say,
those stolen guns are then used in crimes.
The US Labor Department is finda
company in Brighton for a trench collapse
that killed a man back in Decem.
The OSHA report says that a 23 r
old employee of a Coronado excavation
company was installing pipes
outside of a home in Aurora when
unprotected 12 foot trench collapsed,
killing him.
OSHA investigators say they foud
that Coronado excavation did
not provide trench protection.
They also had not trained workes
on trenching or excavation haza.
Company faces $112,000 in propod
fines Colorado
senator senators are calling
out the Trump administration's
decision to move space command
from Colorado Springs to Alabam.
Late this morning on the Senate floor,
Democratic Senator John Hickenlr
said moving space command would
undermine national security.
Moving headquarters requires
that we we build new facilities,
install secure communications
infrastructure and relocate or rehire.
Our existing workforce,
Congress has never received an
estimate for how much this would cost,
even before factoring in the
impact on national security.
That's neither efficient nor strategic,
Senator Hickenlooper said.
Space Command is close to reachg
full operational capacity.
Moving Space Command to
Alabama could delay that.
Former President Trump made the
decision in his final days in office,
NBC News reported this week.
The White House may delay the me
in part because of Alabama's law
banning most abortions. 10,000
That's how many migrants have ce
to Denver just since December
and most of them have moved on
to other cities and states.
But there are nearly 1200 in
shelters throughout Denver toni.
The vast majority of them are bg
supported in non city facilitie.
Well, hundreds were arriving
each day last week.
The daily number has slowed dow,
mortgage rates are still on the way up,
and the continued rise is taking
a toll on demand for new homes.
But that isn't the only thing
causing a drop in sales.
There's also a severe shortage
of homes across the country,
including here in Denver.
That's been that way for a whil.
The mortgage bank,
its Bankers Association,
says volume this year is 26%
lower than a year ago. Right no,
the 30 year fixed rate stands at 6.57%,
the highest rate in two months.
The IRS will be launching a limd
free tax filing pilot program next year.
The agency will make it availabo
some taxpayers to help officials decide
if it'll be worth doing for everyone.
The IRS will use money from the
Inflation Reduction Act to pay for it.
However, not everyone's on boar.
Some Republicans argue the plan
would give the IRS even more
power over ordinary taxpayers.
Tax companies like H&amp;R Block and
TurboTax are lobbying against i.
If
you have a Google account, but it's one
you haven't logged into in a wh,
you might want to do so as soon as possible,
because Google today said it's g
to start deleting accounts that
have been inactive for two year.
Google saying it's trying to
cut down on security risks.
That policy will take effect immediately,
but accounts won't start to
be deleted until December,
so you have some time.
They also say they will be sending out
several warnings to users before deletion.
So if you want to save your acc,
you need to show some sort of activity,
like logging into your Google account
or any of the Google services reading
an e-mail or watching a video.
They say that policy will only
impact personal accounts.
A heads up for light rail
commuters next week.
RTD says they're going to
have to close four stations.
The DE&amp;H lines need oved
wire maintenance, so the Alamed,
I-25, Broadway,
Evans and Louisiana Pearl statis
are going to close next week
from Tuesday through Thursday.
They also say there won't be any
bus shuttle services offered.
Regular light rail service is
expected to be resuming on Frid.
Plenty of efforts to slow climate change.
Right now, CSU has its own plan,
and the key is artificial intelligence. If
you're ready to get out, do some fishing.
We've got the place for you.
You can catch as many fish
as you want there right now.