A girl was killed and a person using within the passenger seat of a Mazda was in essential situation after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon that compelled the closure of East Jewell Avenue in Aurora for almost two hours.
It was the ninth traffic-related fatality in Aurora this 12 months, police mentioned in a information assertion posted on Twitter.
The crash occurred the place East Jewell Avenue meets the E-470 beltway. The Mazda was turning left from the northbound E-470 exit ramp onto East Jewell — in entrance of a Ford F-150 pickup shifting eastward on Jewell, police mentioned. Police and paramedics on the scene evaluated the person on the scene however he was not hospitalized.
Names weren’t launched. The Arapahoe County Coroner is predicted to determine the girl. Police mentioned they don’t assume alcohol was concerned and investigators have been making an attempt to find out speeds earlier than the crash.
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— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) March 15, 2023