FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Police in Fort Collins are investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning.
The grownup driver and sole occupant of a Mini Cooper was killed after the car crashed right into a visitors gentle pole.
Police mentioned the Mini Cooper was travelling westbound on Concord Highway when it left the roadway and collided with the sunshine pole on the intersection of S. Lemay Avenue.
A number of good Samaritans have been working to get to the driving force, in line with police. However the harm to the engine compartment was so extreme that it had ignited a hearth contained in the passenger compartment of the car.
“The officers and good Samaritans who responded and stopped for this crash did the whole lot they might to attempt to rescue the driving force. Whereas the components main as much as this crash are nonetheless underneath investigation, our ideas are with the driving force’s household throughout this tough time,” mentioned Sergeant Mike Avrech in a information launch.
The motive force, whose id is being withheld till subsequent of kin notification, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Anybody with data who has not already spoken to police or could have video of the incident alongside this stretch of Concord Highway from Lemay to Timberline is requested to name Officer David Kaes at (970) 416 2229.
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