Local Briefs PASSENGERS, DRIVER CUT OUT OF VEHICLE AFTER CRASH

CITY» People COMMERCE were injured and had to be cut out of a vehicle Monday afternoon in a crash in Commerce City involving a semi-trailer truck.

The collision happened about 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of East 120th Avenue and East 120th Court, according to police.

The driver of a passenger vehicle was westbound and collided in the intersection with a truck that was southbound, police said. People in the passenger vehicle had to be extracted, police said. They were taken to a hospital “and are expected to survive.” The truck driver was not injured. An investigation is ongoing.

Man pleads guilty in connection with slayings of marijuana smugglers.

An Oklahoma man accused of having a hand in the 2015 killings of two men found dead in a burning pickup about 15 miles northeast of Pierce could face up to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty Monday to menacing.

Jordan Johnson, 24, and his attorney reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to menacing, and prosecutors dismissed the two counts of robbery he also faced. The agreement recommends no more than two years in prison for Johnson. He is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing in May.

Johnson’s involvement in the Oct. 17, 2015, slayings of Joshua Foster and Zachary Moore — both from Oklahoma — appears to be peripheral, according to arrest affidavits. He was one of five people arrested during the investigation into the killings.

Driver ticketed after “rolling coal” at protesters during march.

driver was cited by police Sunday after interrupting a peaceful demonstration with an obnoxious cloud of dark exhaust. During Saturday’s Steamboat Springs March for Our Lives event, a blue pickup swerved toward demonstrators on the sidewalk and spewed exhaust at them.

Police contacted the male driver of the pickup and issued him a $113.50 citation.