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Vehicle rolls over, causes structure damage near Safeway in Idaho Springs
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BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Trickling up: How housing is becoming less affordable for more Coloradans BY TAYLER SHAW AND LUKE ZARZECKI COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
A home means everything to Shelley Gilson, a 50-year-old single mother of three girls who works as a guest service agent at an airline. “It’s one word: priceless,” she
said. The rising cost of housing in the Denver area has made it difficult for her to afford a home. She spent years bounding around working for low pay, including to several affordable housing communities across the state.
Eventually, more than a decade ago, she found a home at Orchard Crossing Apartments in Westminster. It is an affordable housing community that includes Section 8 housing, the federal government program that provides vouchers to low-income families, the disabled and elderly. SEE TRICKLING UP, P4
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A vehicle rollover crash occurred at the southwest portion of Colorado Boulevard and 24th Avenue near the Safeway grocery store in Idaho Springs. According to an Idaho Springs Police Department press release, Idaho Springs Police Officers and Clear Creek EMS responded to the call of a vehicle rollover at 12:41 p.m. on Jan. 10 and found the driver unconscious in the vehicle. There were no passengers. EMS performed life saving measures on the 44-year-old driver, and he was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood. The patient was last known to be in critical condition. Investigation of the crash revealed the driver was traveling westbound on Colorado Blvd and crossed into oncoming traffic, driving onto the sidewalk for nearly an entire block. The vehicle hit a building at 2401 Colorado Blvd, causing structural damage, and flipped after hitting landscaping rocks. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by ISPD. No other vehicles were involved.
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