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Updated: 7:33 PM Aug 7, 2008
Driver Arrested In Deadly Bicycle Wreck; Victims Identified
Colorado Springs police tell 11 News one woman has been arrested for fatally hitting two cyclists with her truck Wednesday night on the west side of Colorado Springs.
Posted: 8:39 PM Aug 6, 2008Reporter: McKenzie Martin Email Address: mmartin@kktv.com |
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Colorado Springs police tell 11 News Barbara Thomas, 63, has been arrested for fatally hitting two cyclists with her truck Wednesday night on the west side of Colorado Springs.
It happened around 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of 26th Street and Westend Avenue.
Police say a group of about five cyclists were riding north on 26th Street when a truck heading southbound made a left hand turn and hit two riders.
The riders, 30-year-old Edgar Juarez, 30 and Jayson Kilroy, 28, both of Colorado Springs were pronounced dead on scene. Friends tell 11 News the men were avid bikers and worked together at Colorado Cyclists.
Thomas has been charged with Vehicles Turning Left (Illegal left turn), Vehicular Homicide, and Driving Under the Influence of Drugs. The suspected drugs are prescription medications.
Thomas was also charged with Driving with a Restricted License. Thomas was not wearing her required corrective lenses at the time of the crash.
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I guess you people that are doubting Thomas',Well i'am the Aunt of Jayson,i was in that court room,his father of three and now the father of two,its kind of weird my nephew was Jayson Thomas,his father,Guy Thomas,his brother Troy Thomas,the lady who killed Jayson,Barbara Thomas was a convicted lady who deserved what she got,we were in the court room, rest in peace Jayson and EJ,You were in the right,who ever said my nephew was a dead beat dad is messed up,He told me he was marring his girlfriend,The father of his baby that he loved!!!!!!
Jayson ,your dad and aunt deb and nana u know grandma,misses u so horrible,we are the ones who raised u when u were little all the way till you were twenty,we have the pictures to tell the story,we loved u and i dont ever think u had a step dad your mother never married,as u can remember ,your father guy and aunt took care of you,we taught you values,the lady who took you away was not suppose to be driving,she drove past her restriction time,she took over the amount of her persripsion,also she drank,she also speeded that night,when she hit u and your friend no one knows she tried to take off i see,i just want to inform them,well she tried to she drug your body and your friends body under that big truck she borrowed that night trying to get more drugs,she came flying around that corner,with out any warning,i guess she dont have to worry she can see her family in 2 and a half to three years ,we dont ever get to see you again till we die, i guess you can say we are alot jealous.love you
Jayson was my oldest nephew,he was very careful when riding his bike;he knew how to drive,the lady that hit him is reponsible for his and his other friends death,in plain out english,she took away every thing these two people were to their family and friends
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