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this happened just this afternoon at a local home park. 25 vehicles -- five vehicles in a crash on i 25. this is near 136. >> reporter: they have non-life- threatening injuries. they were blocked for a couple of hours. police just cleared the scene about 10 minutes ago. traffic was slowing down of one car was driving in the center llne for him to another. the semi almost went over the submit divider.
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they were transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. as you can see all things are now back open. she was struck by a pickup. her parents say that stretches not safe for aces. truck i am live here on highway 36. people are leaving flowers. they were not ready to go on camera. this resort itself. the daughter was a few inches of way.
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show of support.. this couple competed in yesterday's ironman and they say it could have been them. >> looking at it now yes it is a little emotional. it is not the most friendly place. truck we look at the course -- he does not like like to fight it. -- friday because of the speed i do think it can be done safely. truck yesterday michelle woer was competing in her first ironman. she crossed the code off area. and ironman organizes workkwith
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>> reporter: this leads many asking if this highway is too dangerous. >> i know they will be taking a good long look at this. and there may be a esign change next year. truck i spoke to her family. -- >> reporter: i spoke with her family. they say she was riding in a pack a coming around corner. i spoke to troopers and they said there were two accidents along the stretch last year. >> reporter: we don't know any specifics. we know that she is in serious
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there was quite a journey. and they were headed back from a fishing trip. right after the small plane lifted off. out of options they were in for another adventure. they had to go 50 miles to catch another plane. virus is spread all this is burning 200-300 acres of the rocky mountain arsenal. they are showing us the burned area. that part is not a threat to the community. and flames crept right up to the sultan parker. it started this afternoon near i-4 70 and jordan. this one is in weeds over and ruby hill park. investigators are trying to figure out how this started.
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right now our skies are partly cloudy over denver. but a little more ominous over down towards the south. and we have big cumulonimbus clouds. we had one band of storms that move through earlier this afternoon. the other one across eastern colorado. these are still pushing south east with some heavy rain. there are a couple of tiny cells on the metro area. this a 15-20% chance of storms here. it has been a hot one again today. 91 degrees. i will tell you when it will be the hottest coming up. and aurora woman is in the hospital and her husband behind bars. the shooting happened over the weekend. witnesses told police that he opened fire after a night of
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and this man sits behind bars he is accused of setting his home on fire and burning his wife. the sheriff's office said he spread gasoline all over his home. this happened in the town of mac. his wife has serious first with legs and arms.>> theechief will help to figure out if his officers are profiling. >> reporter: when they are sitting in cruisers entering in data they're not out patrolling the streets. cheap white wants to make sure that their gathering live demographic data. if they're going to bb gathering this data on all suspicious calls. not eeery interaction that they have. right now there will be a few extra checkboxes on the computer
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involved shootings had led them to fast-track thhs ata. he is hoping that the data will be quick and cost effective. >> we are talking about transparency. i cannot say we will get a better outcome. hopefully the inrmation will show we are not doing any kind of profiling. >> reporter: chief wants as they have other data systtm just like la, chicago and they are hoping to pick the brains of those cities to see they're hoping to roll this out by the end of the year. we want to say everyone who shared to bring to teenagers home. he has developmental disabilities. he left high school just before that starting bell. and a hairstylist recognized
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the 14-year-old has autism but never came home. she walked into the great lives in superior asking for a haircut and the manager recognize the girl from pictures on the news. she called 911.>> i would want someone to do the same for me. having a kid. something could have happened to her. >> the manager says that the dog missing. the dog was not with her. a man is on the run after holding up an adult store in commerce city. he pointed the gun at the clerk and tied her off -- up and brand off with the money. they say he was wearing a surgical mask and rubber gloves. stealing is never right. but this is really not right.
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-- which is without this video of a woman robbing a church. she has a glass of wine. and she wants right out the door. who knew a power outage should cause such trouble. because delta airlines to ground all of its flights. delta says the council more than 450 flights today. passengers are still experiencing delays. those of you who got stuck here at dia, they looks like they are taking the news in stride. >> we will get home eventually. >> the ceo apologized to customers for what they have to do today. vail resorts just took a big step towards total ski
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the deal was worth $1 billion. whistler hosted some of the events. vail resorts will add it to the 2017-2018 epic pass. the broncos start preseason action this thursday. >> we have to talk about a special moment a training camp. >> reporter: would happen after practiie today was more important than what happennd during practice. the broncos and bob miller -- von miller made something very special happen. his mom contacted the broncos and asked if he could help his son meet his favorite player, von miller. and von miller came through.
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brought them all the way up from fountain. and i talked to matthew he is a huge sports fan. he watches denver seven all the time. he says today was one of the best days of his liff. >> i feel awesome. he brought over some of his buddies.. my mom would say on twitter, i think it was all you. >> matthew it was a pleasure meeting you. >> his mother was so emotional. she was so proud seeing his dream come true.
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we have an update on the tragic breaking news that we brought you at the top of the news case. a three year old and a five year old and a 17-year-old babysitter have all drowned. this happened around 2 pm this afternoon. employable at a mobile home park. this is new at 6 pm. we have seen distracted drivers. this woman has a unique way of -?doing it. >> will moment was so shocked she started recording. and molly hendrix shows us why. >> reporter: she is the distracted driver catching a shaming online and off. >> you see all over town and i wish to will not happen.
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attention to the road. the clip was shot by another driver and posted to facebook. we showed it to state trooper. >> we know what goes on is dangerous and reckless. >> reporter: texting while driving is six times me then driving drunk. and answering just one text takes about five seconds of your attention. traveling at 55, that's enough to travel the length of a football field.>> i saw him i'm nursing her daughter. >> repprter: while it could be worse, this driver is still breaking the law. and it shows what not to do to people. >> people get agitated when they see cameras of any kind. people get defensive. and it could turn into a road rage situation. >> reporter: instead he says
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>> driving with your foot up is not technically illegal. a texting is. >> it will cost you about $60. a new addition to the csu's on-campus stadium. they are donating more than $4 million. it will be on the north end of the stadium. winter is coming, and so is the game of thrones live concert. tour. >> and this is a concept of what the concert will look like. it will have a full orchestra and choir. the composer used the words epic and involved. >> they will host the concert march 19 of next year. right now we have a summer weather pattern out there.
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have distant thunderstorms off to the southeast of the northeast. let me show you what is happening on radar. there is another went down to the south across northern douglas county. all of this moving toward the east-southeast. these storms have gone severe. there is a warning in the nebraska area. this is what the storm looks like. you can see the big thunderhead there. and rain coming down. would look to see if there's any sign of rotation. it's just rain starting -- falling straight down. denver is currently 87.. i winds are from the south- southeast. humidity just 18%. will keep a watch on it this evening. most of the action is off to the east. 91 n64 today. a little bit cooler than the
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here are temperatures around the nation. notice the cooler weather across the great lakes. they are on the other side of the front that is parked right across northeastern colorado. there is higher humidity to the south and west. we will see a few scattered storms at 9 pm. most action on the northeast plains. it will be overnight in skies will clear and temperatures will be comfortable. a low of denver and 60. 62 in akron, 40 and that phil. been drier air comes in as it was off to the north of us. there'll be a few storms developing an afternoon. and a few of them on the eastern plains as well. hot day, 93 in denver, 94 in greeley. 90s across the eastern plains there mostly 70s in the mountains. 69 degrees and that though. in the front range temperatures in the 70s.
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only a slight chance of the storm, and a hot date low to mid 90s. tonight strong storms to the east. partly cloudy, i 25 corridor. tomorrow will be a hot, dry day. 93. isolated, gusty thunderstorms. same story for wednesday, thursday a new system starts to move in. and we have a cold front. we will humid air on friday. that's the day storms are likely. and the weekend we will havv a high of 82 on saturday and partly cloudy with a high of 87 on sunday. the broncos released the first depth chart today. we will hear from the quarterbacks.
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today. we don't know any more than we did on day one, two, 34 or 10. who is the number one quarterback ? i can tell you that it is not paxton bench. after that pick either sanchez or simeon. mark sanchez/trevor simeon. the competition is too close to call right now. preseason game action starts thursday in chicago. >> is a change in quarterback. market trevor continue to split rankassfar as the first ggoup. and paxton is behind those guys. nothing new. and i'm not going to worry about it. it is the coaches call to
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noticeable differences every day. we are improving. >> aqib talib to the field for the first time. he suffered a gunshot wound in his leg in dallas in early june. that is still under investigation. he is still facing a possible suspension. he was asked of the gunshot wound was self-inflicted review you have to respect that processsand the mac when to talk about that. i feel great. i don't want to put a number on it. and we have time. >> we showed you this earlier, a great scene after practice. he has cerebral palsy.
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learned ellis couldn't afford the trip, so she sent me a go fund me account and he was off. he'll be cheering on his son when he competes august 18th one day after darrell's birthday. >> i know he'll be in an event but i'll take care of my business and make sure i perform my best on the day. to a way all of us can become heroes at number two. whether he was harassing people or annoying them, coleman sweene until he died. >> coleman sweeney had >> this new pg-13 rated psa nor. touting organ donation is narrated by will arnett and points out even the biggest jerks can be heroes in the afterlife. go to registerme.org. it's never too late to leave a legacy of greatness. heart racing. virtual reality roller coasters that will knock your socks off
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