DENVER — When a driver behind the wheel of a City and County of Denver truck slammed into vehicles stopped in traffic in 2024, two of the injured individuals did not realize they may be entitled to compensation from the city. Now, Evelyn Blackman and Ty Delaney wonder when they'll ever receive a settlement after their attorney was allegedly told the City and County of Denver did not have enough money left for such claims due to budgetary issues and settlements related to the 2020 George Floyd protests .

On April 11, 2024, a white Ford truck driven by a city employee "carelessly struck" a line of cars that were stopped in traffic, according to the crash report.

“It was kind of a really big deal," Blackman said. "Somebody wasn't paying attention."

"We just rear-ended one car. That car r

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