Colorado
Driver dies days after head-on collision in Colorado Springs; surviving driver may have been involved in a race, police say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – One person is dead after unwittingly getting in the middle of a car race over the weekend.
Police say the victim was traveling westbound on Briargate Boulevard near Lexington Drive when an eastbound car slammed into them head-on.
“Preliminary information indicated that the eastbound vehicle had been engaged in a speed contest with another vehicle prior to the collision,” the Colorado Springs Police Department wrote in a blotter post on the crash.
Both drivers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but at the time they were transported, the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
“It was later reported that the driver of the westbound vehicle died as a result of complications related to surgery stemming from the crash,” police said.
CSPD’s Major Crash Team is investigating the head-on collision. Speed is suspected as a factor in the crash.
There’s currently no word on whether the surviving driver will face charges.
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