RIDE-SHARE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY STABBED BY GROUP OF TEENS

Police are searching for a group of juveniles suspected of stabbing a ride-share driver early Monday morning in southwest Denver.

Around 12:41 a.m., the male driver was completing a ride near East Evans Avenue and North Broadway Street and came in contact with five juveniles, police said in a statement.

A verbal altercation ensued after the driver told the group he couldn’t fit all of them in his car, police said. The fight then turned physical and the driver was stabbed several times. He was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

Police have not made any arrests and request anyone with information to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers: 720-913-7867.

Denver DMVS closed to address 52-day backlog. All Denver

Department of Motor Vehicle branches will be closed Monday and Tuesday so officials can chip away at a 52-day backlog in registrations and titles. The “two-day sprint” is expected to reduce the backlog by at least 10 days — or 22% — DMV officials said in a news release.

“The mail backlog is leading to increased traffic in the branch locations, increased calls to Denver 311 and the

DMV branches as well as increased frustration and wait times for customers,” DMV officials wrote.

The department cited “significant turnover” in recent months, reporting as high as 40% vacant positions as of late August and early September, a DMV spokesperson said.

Twenty-six new employees will begin training next week to start work in November, while current DMV staff will be working overtime hours during the week and on the weekend.

DMV offices will reopen Wednesday. Officials encouraged drivers to complete title and registration online at denvergov.org/dmv or mydmv.colorado.gov.