One dead in Tuesday night crash

EDIT: Whoops. This crash happened Tuesday morning, not Tuesday night.
-Brandon


AURORA | Police say a 74-year-old man ran a red light Tuesday night, slamming his Chrysler PT Crusier into a Pontiac Grand Am and killing the Pontiac’s driver. 

Police have not released the name of the 74-year-old man or the 57-year-old woman who was killed. 

The crash happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday at East Mississippi Avenue and South Uravan Street. 

Police say the PT Cruiser was headed east on Mississippi when the driver ran the red light at Uravan, slamming into the Pontiac and another car that were headed north through the intersection. 

The driver of the Pontiac was taken first to a local hospital then to Denver Health Medical Center, where she died Tuesday night.

Police have not said what charges the driver of the PT Cruiser would face or whether he and the driver of the third car were injured. 

Investigators are working on the case this morning, police said, and are asking anyone who witnessed the rash to call traffic detectives at 303-627-3164 or 303-627-3163.

Click below for the APD press release. We have a call in to the traffic sergeant and will update the story if we hear more. 
-Brandon




The APD release:

Traffic Operations

15001 E. Alameda Parkway

Aurora, Colorado   80012

CONTACT: Sergeant Christopher Carleton DATE:  September 29, 2010 

NATURE:    Fatal Auto Accident   PHONE:  303-627-3252

CASE NUMBER:  10-38741                  

On September 28, 2010, at about 10:10 A.M. Aurora Police received a call of an auto accident near the intersection of East Mississippi Avenue and South Uravan St.  There responding officers found three vehicles involved in the accident.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of a red 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser was Eastbound on E. Mississippi Ave.  That driver is being identified as a 74 year old male, Aurora resident.  The driver disobeyed the red light at the intersection of S. Uravan St. and struck two cars that were Northbound.

The driver of one of the two northbound cars, a 57 year old female Aurora resident, was driving a white 1997 Pontiac Grand Am.  She was injured in the collision and transported to a local hospital.  She was transferred to Denver Health Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries later that evening.

Traffic investigators are continuing their work on this case.  Persons who witnessed this accident are asked to call Traffic Detectives at 303-627-3164 or 303-627-3163.