JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Investigators are nonetheless attempting to trace down these concerned in a string of crimes Wednesday night time that led to the dying of a 20-year-old driver after she was hit by a big rock.
A number of different drivers reported their vehicles being struck that very same night time, together with Liam Smarr.
“Abruptly, my entrance windshield exploded,” Smarr mentioned.
Smarr mentioned he was driving house on Simms Avenue close to one centesimal Avenue in Westminster when a rock was reportedly thrown at his windshield.
“I believed I acquired hit by some type of bullet, and as soon as the glass mud settled and I used to be in a position to pull over to the aspect, I spotted it wasn’t bullet holes in my windshield, it was an enormous gap, a rock-sized gap,” Smarr mentioned.
Smarr mentioned he drives this highway daily.
“I am going to highschool this fashion, come house from faculty this fashion, on a regular basis,” Smarr mentioned. “That is my fundamental highway, so type of creepy to have it occur on that highway.”
He mentioned the entire thing occurred so quick.
“I keep in mind seeing the headlights, like they had been the orange headlights that older vehicles have and only a four-door,” Smarr mentioned.
Smarr was not injured, however he was simply one among a number of victims hit that night time. Police mentioned the identical factor occurred a couple of miles away to Alexa Bartell, 20, claiming her life.
Smarr mentioned when he heard the information, his coronary heart dropped.
“My ideas, my household’s, my buddies’ ideas and prayers exit to Alexa and her family and friends,” Smarr mentioned. “It’s simply horrible. I don’t need that to occur to anybody else ever once more.”
Smarr mentioned the rock that hit his windshield has now been turned over to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace as proof.
Anybody with details about these crimes or the suspects who could also be concerned is requested to name the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace tip line at 303-271-5612.
