A motorist accused of killing three members of a Denver family as they crossed a downtown street had about twice the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving four and half hours after the accident, KCNC-Channel 4 reported Wednesday.
Lawrence Trujillo, 36, is accused of killing Rebecca Bingham and her two children, Garrison and Macie, as they crossed the intersection of 15th and Arapahoe streets Nov. 10.
Police apprehended Trujillo almost five hours after the accident, and he underwent a series of blood-alcohol tests, the station reported. According to police sources, his blood alcohol measured between 0.15 percent and 0.16 percent, CBS4 reported.
CBS4 also reported Denver police have a videotape recording of the hit-and-run incident as it occurred, taken from the Denver Federal Reserve Bank.
Investigators still don’t know if Trujillo was intoxicated when he allegedly hit the Bingham family or drank afterward because tests weren’t done until hours later, according to the station.
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BOULDER
District to pay for disabled boy’s classes
The St. Vrain Valley School District will pay $1,800 a week for up to 36 weeks for a disabled boy to attend a private Boulder school, an attorney for the boy’s family said Wednesday.
The boy, Tyler Vandelac, 10, has multiple disabilities, said Louise Bouzari, the attorney. She said that because the district failed to provide a proper educational plan for Tyler during the 2005-06 school year as federal law requires, a hearing officer ordered the school to pay his tuition at the Western Institute for Neurodevelopmental Studies.
The school district and family will meet to discuss a plan for Tyler, but until an agreement is reached, the district will have to pay the family up to $82,614 for him to attend the special school, Bouzari said.
A spokesman for the school district declined comment.
LONE TREE
RTD, Park Meadows set up shuttle service
RTD and Park Meadows officials announced Wednesday they have come to an agreement to provide shuttle service to the mall from the County Line light-rail station beginning Friday morning.
The Regional Transportation District and the mall will share the cost of the service, which will run every 15 minutes 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays.
Riders on the new light-rail line were disappointed there was no pedestrian access from the station to Park Meadows. A bridge to the parking lot will be built by 2008.
DENVER
Trust fund to help lone survivor of crash
A trust fund has been established for Vicente Ulloa, the sole survivor of a crash that killed his wife, two sons, sister and brother-in-law in Nebraska on Sunday.
Ulloa’s wife, Maria Avalos, and their sons, 3-year-old Alejandro Ulloa and 2-month-old Ivan Ulloa, were killed in the accident. The family is from Denver.
The group was headed west on Interstate 80 in Nebraska in icy conditions when Recendez lost control of the truck and hit another truck that was eastbound, police said.
The Ulloa family needs money for burial expenses.
Donations may be made at any Wells Fargo Bank to the Vicente Ulloa trust fund.
BOULDER
Ludwig finally wins CU regent contest
The secretary of state declared Democrat Stephen Ludwig the winner of an at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents on Wednesday, three weeks after the election.
Ludwig’s lead was 0.91 percentage points over Republican opponent Brian Davidson, but it was enough that the race will not require an automatic recount.
A recount would have been required by law if the difference between the top two candidates was 0.5 percentage points or less.
MEEKER
7 East Coast hunters fined for poaching
Seven East Coast hunters were arrested near Meeker, jailed and fined for illegal possession of wildlife, authorities said.
The men were nabbed by Colorado Division of Wildlife officers Nov. 19 at a bunkhouse where they had several deer carcasses that had been poached, authorities said.
The seven hunters from New York and Massachusetts pleaded guilty to illegal possession of wildlife, and each man paid a $6,000 fine.
The hunters still face hearings that will determine how long they will be banned from hunting in Colorado and 23 other Wildlife Violator Compact states.
