Richard Butler joined the Denver7 news team in July of 2021. After almost three years as a news photographer, he moved into the role of specialty multimedia journalist.
DENVER — The holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, but for the Holland family, this season is incomplete without their loved one. Commerce City Police Detective Curt Holland was off duty when he was fatally struck by a drunk driver in Oct. 2020. “I shouldn't be putting together all the toys on my own, picking out all the gifts. That was something we always did together,” said Amanda Holland , Curt's wife.
Amanda is using her family's story in hopes of preventing other drunk driving crashes this holiday season. “This was a person who was on his third DUI. He was three and a half times the legal limit,” she told Denver7.So far this year, 190 people have died on Colorado roads due to impaired driving. Sam Cole, traffic safety manager at the Colorado Department of Transportation , emphasized the urgency of addressing this dangerous behavior.
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