1 DEAD AFTER SHOOTING INVOLVING OFFICER

An officer with the State Patrol shot and killed a person after a single-vehicle crash on Thanksgiving.

The officer responded to the crash near mile marker 23 on Colorado 135, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. What happened next hasn’t been released by investigators, but the ensuing incident led to the death of one person. The officer wasn’t injured, according to the CBI.

The 7th Judicial Critical Incident Investigative Team is investigating.

One injured after plane crashes into fence during landing maneuvers.

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P A SO C was injured Tuesday when an airplane failed to climb high enough during takeoff and crashed into a fence outside the Meadow Lake Airport, near Fountain.

The two-person plane crashed after performing touch-and-go maneuvers, in which a plane lands on a runway, travels on the tarmac and takes off again without stopping, said Jacqueline Kirby, sheriff’s spokeswoman.

The pilot had injuries that were not life-threatening. The passenger was not hurt.

Truck driver cited in U.S. 550 crash that spilled chemicals.

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The driver of a semi-truck that spilled chemicals during a crash has been cited for transporting the materials on an improper route.

The Cortez Journal reports that a driver for Mississippi-based Miller Transporters Inc. crashed south of Silverton on Wednesday while traveling on U.S. 550, which is not a designated roadway for transporting hazardous material. The State Patrol said the 45-year-old driver, Mac Rogers of Louisiana, told authorities he was trying to avoid bad weather along Interstate 70.

The truck’s tank was carrying a flammable liquid used in plastics called methyl methacrylate monomer, and an unknown amount spilled during the crash. Authorities say it took crews 37 hours to clean up the crash site.

The trucking company did not return calls Friday seeking comment.