1 dead, 4 injured in Denver crash on I-25 involving wrong-way driver
One person died from their injuries at the scene of the crash on northbound I-25 in Denver and paramedics took four to the hospital, three with serious injuries, police said.
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One person was killed and four were injured Sunday morning in a Denver crash on Interstate 25 involving a wrong-way driver, police said.
A gray Chrysler van was spotted driving south in the northbound lanes of I-25 at about 2:59 a.m. Sunday near Mead, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol.
The van nearly struck a state patrol trooper, who then tried to pull the driver over, agency officials said in the release.
Despite the emergency lights, the van failed to stop and continued fleeing south on northbound I-25, officials said.
The trooper called off the chase because of the increasing risk to public safety and sent out a description of the van to nearby law enforcement agencies, the release stated.
Less than an hour later, just before 4 a.m. Sunday, the Denver Police Department posted about a two-vehicle crash involving the van on northbound I-25 near 20th Street.
One person died from their injuries at the scene of the crash and paramedics took four to the hospital, three with serious injuries, police said.
It’s unknown which victims were in which vehicles at the time of the crash.
Northbound I-25 was temporarily closed Sunday for the crash cleanup and investigation, but all lanes had reopened before 9 a.m., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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