AURORA, Colo. — Eight juveniles were crammed into a stolen SUV when it crashed into a pickup carrying two adults, a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old.
The accident happened Saturday evening when a Toyota Tacoma that was turning left into an Aurora residential neighborhood was hit on the passenger side by a stolen Dodge Journey that was traveling at a high speed, according to the The Denver Post.
A 12-year-old girl died in a crash in Aurora on Saturday evening involving a stolen vehicle driven by a 15-year-old, police said, and 12 other adults and children in the two vehicles were injured. https://t.co/WvSou3uajZ
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A 12-year-old girl, who was one of the occupants in the overloaded SUV, died at the scene, police said.
The remaining eleven people were transported to nearby hospitals. The adults in the truck had life-threatening injuries.
The ages of the occupants ranged from 6 months to 31 years:
Toyota Tacoma:
- 31-year-old male
- 29-year-old female
- 3-year-old female
- 6-month-old female
Dodge Journey:
- 16-year-old male
- 16-year-old female
- 15-year-old male
- 15-year-old male
- 15-year-old male
- 14-year-old female
- 13-year-old female
- 12-year-old female (deceased)
Police said that the Dodge Journey, driven by a 15-year-old, had been reported stolen earlier that day.
The driver is in custody for an outstanding warrant, Aurora Police said. Investigators believe that he may have been impaired at the time of the accident.
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