1 dead, 4 injured in Denver crash on I-25 involving wrong-way driver
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 fled south on northbound I-25, officials said.
The trooper called off the chase because of the risk to public safety and sent a description of the van to nearby law enforcement agencies, the release stated.
Less than 30 minutes later, just before 3:30 a.m., the Denver Police Department received reports of a crash involving the wrong-way van.
The two-vehicle crash happened on northbound I-25 near 20th Street, according to the police department.
One person, the driver of the van, died at the scene of the crash, police said. Paramedics took four others to the hospital, three with serious injuries.
No updates on their conditions were available Sunday evening.
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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