Colorado communities on accident alert; police will only respond to some crashes
Cities and towns around Colorado are on "accident alert" amid the first snowstorm of the season in the Denver metro area.
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Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he has been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022. He has strong writing and interview skills which he sharpened during his stint as a newspaper reporter before moving to the Mile High City to try out the TV business. Erblat was a producer for a series of Your Investigators reports about the distribution of money to victims and their family members from Colorado memorial funds after mass tragedy events. He specializes in data-driven journalism and writes about politics and criminal justice issues, among other topics.
Cities and towns around Colorado are on "accident alert" amid the first snowstorm of the season in the Denver metro area.
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