BLACK FOREST, CO : Deadly crash on Highway 83 north of Colorado Springs involved a stolen bus, suspect survived on Thursday, 5th November, 2020

Two people are dead following a crash involving a stolen bus on Thursday.

According to Colorado State Patrol, the 20-year-old suspect stole a bus in Aurora. The bus was spotted Thursday morning in Aurora at about 9:30 in the morning and police attempted to pull the driver over. The suspect refused to pull over and Aurora Police chose not to follow because of safety reasons. A short time later the stolen bus was spotted again in Parker at about 10:30 in the morning. The suspect reportedly hit one vehicle and continued fleeing. Then the suspect was then involved in a deadly crash with two other vehicles on Highway 83 just south of Stagecoach Road just after 11 a.m.

The driver of an SUV was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of another vehicle was taken to the hospital before dying. The suspect is being treated at a hospital.

Colorado State Patrol detailed the crash in a release sent out Friday:

“The Ford bus lost control and collided with the left front of the Toyota 4Runner,” Coloraod State Patrol wrote in a release. “After the collision, the 4Runner rotated counter clockwise and went off the right side of the road. The Ford bus continued southbound and collided with the front of the Honda Pilot before rolling ¼ time and coming to rest off the east side of the road.”

42 year old Kizzy Aquirre was the driver of the Toyota 4Runner and was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash.


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