Two people died Sunday night and a third suffered potentially serious injuries after a car crash Sunday night on Interstate 25, police say.
At around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the southbound lane of Interstate 25 at Yale Avenue, according to a release from the Denver Police Department. There, a single car, turning onto East Yale Avenue, swerved back onto the highway and hit the guardrail.
#TRAFFIC: #DPD investigates a fatal traffic accident involving a motorist on SB I-25 at Yale Ave. Two parties in the vehicle were pronounced deceased. Updates to this research will be posted in this thread as they become available. #Denver pic.twitter.com/69sHjRI00l
— The Denver Police Department (@DenverPolice) May 29, 2023
The driver and front passenger died at the scene while a rear passenger was taken to hospital for their injuries, the release said. The police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Additional information was not immediately available.
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