“In our rush to make our community safe, we’re not getting the full picture of the risks we’re facing,” Thornton resident Steve Mathias said.

The victim’s uncle, in an interview with The Denver Post on Monday, identified the teenager as Jayden Marrujo of Westminster.

The man who took a stolen shuttle bus on a joyride down I-70 in Colorado’s mountains — and allegedly tried to hit first responders with it on the highway — took a plea deal last week.

A 29-year-old man was injured early Sunday morning after a train crashed into his car while on the tracks in Brighton, police said.

Thornton officers responded to the fatal crash near Huron Street and West Thornton Parkway just before 9:45 p.m. Saturday, according to the police department.

A grass fire at the entrance of Coal Creek Canyon in Arvada burned 130 acres, prompted pre-evacuation warnings and closed two state highways on Saturday.

Denver police are looking for a blue Dodge Challenger involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 25 that seriously injured another driver and two children.