Dog park crash injures two

AURORA | A woman was airlifted to a local hospital Tuesday night after being burned when her car started on fire following a crash at an Aurora dog park. 

The woman’s husband, who tried to pull her from the burning vehicle before firefighters arrived, was also burned, police said. 

The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday at a dog park near East Quincy Avenue and South Pitkin Street. 

Aurora police Lt. Chuck DeShazer, who oversees the department’s traffic section, said the woman dropped off her husband and their two dogs at the park and then went to park the car. 

For some reason, the woman mashed the gas pedal while trying to park, sending the Toyota Rav 4 speeding through two fences before it slammed into a concrete barrier. 

DeShazer said it isn’t yet clear whether the woman hit the gas pedal because of a medical condition or because the vehicle malfunctioned. 

The crash started a grass fire that fire crews later put out. 

It wasn’t clear Tuesday whether the woman remained hospitalized or what her condition is. 

The names of the woman and her husband were not released. 

If we hear anymore on this we will update the story. 

- Brandon