3 dead after stolen vehicle pursuit leads to crash in Platteville: CSP
FOX31 Denver
[{'start': '6.839', 'end': '10.443', 'text': ">> 1.10 EUR, 3 PEOPLE ARE DEAD   AFTER A SUSPECTED STOLEN   VEHICLE CAUSES A HEAD-ON   COLLISION IN WELD COUNTY. THIS   IS GET TO THE RIGHT VIDEO HERE   IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THIS   HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION   OF HIGHWAY 85 AND HIGHWAY 60.   THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS THAT   INTERSECTION AND THAT IS WHERE   WE FIND FOX AND ONE SHOT.   TURNER LIVE TONIGHT WITH AN   UPDATE ON THIS INVESTIGATION.   CHOLLA THE LEARNING. WELL,   THIS IS A HORRIFIC CRASH THAT   HAPPENED HERE IN WELD COUNTY   JUST NEAR PLATTEVILLE.   >> AT THIS POINT, NO NAMES ARE   BEING RELEASED BECAUSE   FAMILIES ARE STILL BEING   NOTIFIED. BUT WILL COUNTY   SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS FOX 31   THIS ALL STARTED. WHAT A   ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP WENT   BACK.   >> TRAGIC AND OUR HEARTS GO   OUT TO EVERYONE LOST.   >> WILD COUNTY INTERSECTION,   BUSY WITH TRAFFIC JUST AFTER   03:00PM WEDNESDAY QUICKLY   TURNED INTO A SCENE OF   DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION   WHEN A GMC YUKON HEADED   NORTHBOUND CROSSES THE MEDIAN   AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A   TOYOTA 4 RUNNER LEAKING GAS   IGNITES A FIRE CONSUMING BOTH   VEHICLES SO THEY TRY TO GET    BOTH ARE ALL OCCUPANTS OUT OF   THE VEHICLE.   >> AND THEY TRIED TO SEPARATE   THE VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THE   BY THE FIRE DID NOT SPREAD.   WEALTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S   DEPUTIES WERE IN PURSUIT OF   THE DRIVER OF THE YUKON WHO   THEY SAY TOOK OFF AFTER BEING   PULLED OVER THE LICENSE PLATE   WAS CONFIRMED AS STOLEN AND   DID NOT BELONG TO THE YUKON.   CSP SAYS THE FIRE COULD HINDER   THE INVESTIGATION WHEN A   VEHICLE CATCHES ON FIRE.   SOMETIMES THAT THE NUMBER YOU   CANNOT FIND IT ON THERE. SO   WE'LL TAKE A WHILE. THE WELD   COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE   PROVIDED FOX 31 WITH A   STATEMENT SAYING WE CARE ABOUT   THE MEMBERS OF THE WELD COUNTY   COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY THIS    INCIDENT WHERE INTERNALLY   INVESTIGATING THE   CIRCUMSTANCES THAT OCCURRED   PRIOR TO THIS TRAFFIC CRASH.   >> SO COLORADO, STATE PATROL   AND WELD COUNTY BOTH   INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH. AT   THIS POINT. WE CAN SAY THAT WE    KNOW ONE VICTIM WAS A 57   YEAR-OLD WOMAN.   >> AGAIN, NAMES NOT YET BEING   RELEASED"}]