Fort Collins, Co: 17-year-old boy and another died, Three injured along I-25 in Larimer County on Monday, August 3rd 2015
The Colorado State Patrol says a 17-year-old boy and a man, both from Wyoming, died Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Larimer County that also left three others injured.The teen was driving a van when it wrecked in a rollover near the town of Carr, the State Patrol says.Officials declined to release the boy's name, but identified the 20-year-old man killed in the crash as Bruce Eaton. Both were from Cheyenne.Trooper Nate Reid said the three others injured in the crash, two 19-year-old men who were seriously injured and a 20-year-old man who sustained moderate injuries, were also from Cheyenne.Reid said Tuesday that an update on the three men's conditions was not available.Reid said the van crashed when the teen driver overcorrected after trying to merge into an occupied lane. Investigators say the van was heading southbound but rolled across the center median and through the interstate's northbound lanes before coming to rest.Alcohol and drugs and not suspected to be factors in the wreck, Reid said.The crash happened in the interstate's northbound lanes and halted traffic as officials investigated.
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Colorado State Patrol says teen, man from Wyoming died in I-25 crash