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  • Reported stolen vehicle involved in deadly Douglas Co. crash Monday, killing 5 people, including 3 juveniles

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    DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A suspected stolen vehicle was involved in the deadly three-crash Monday near Franktown that killed five people, including three juveniles, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) said Tuesday morning.

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    5 people killed, including 3 juveniles in Douglas County crash Monday afternoon

    A 31-year-old man out of Denver was driving a Toyota Matrix hatchback, which was reported stolen to the Aurora Police Department on Monday around 3:30 p.m. The driver was not believed to have been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to CSP.

    He lost control of the hatchback driving southbound on Highway 83 and veered off the right shoulder, then over corrected, traveling into oncoming northbound traffic.

    That’s when the driver of the Toyota hit a Ford Fusion sedan.

    A 35-year-old man out of Colorado Springs was behind the wheel of the Ford Fusion. He had an 8-year-old boy, both a 12-year-old girl and boy, a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy as passengers in the car— all from Colorado Springs as well. The driver, 8-year-old boy, 12-year-old girl and boy, were all pronounced dead at the scene.

    The 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy sitting in the back of the sedan were airlifted to a nearby hospital for life-threatening injuries.

    The Douglas County Coroner’s Office will release the identities of those killed after their families have been notified.

    The CSP Vehicular Crimes Unit is investigating what happened. Originally, a Ford pickup truck behind the sedan was thought to have been involved, but it was later learned the driver of the pickup stopped just before the crash. There was no damage to the pickup and the driver was not injured.

    Anyone who observed the crash, but has not yet talked with investigators, is asked to call CSP Dispatch at 303-239-4501.

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  • Five killed, two injured in three-vehicle crash in Douglas County

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    A three-vehicle crash about 9 miles south of Franktown on Monday killed five people, including three children, and seriously injured two others.

    The accident happed at 4:39 p.m. when the driver of a Toyota hatchback headed south on Colorado 83 in Douglas County lost control and went off the right shoulder, the Colorado State Patrol said. The Toyota drove back on the road and then rolled into the northbound lane.

    A Ford sedan heading north was hit head-on by the Toyota, which kept traveling and struck a Ford pickup, causing minor damage.

    The State Patrol said the driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene after being ejected from the vehicle. The man driving the Ford sedan and three of five children in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.

    Two other juveniles in the sedan were flown to a nearby medical facility. The pickup driver wasn’t injured.

    The State Patrol said it’s not known why the driver of the Toyota lost control. Colorado 83 remained closed Monday night as the investigation and cleanup continued.

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