Five killed, two injured in three-vehicle crash in Douglas County

A three-vehicle crash about miles south of Franktown Monday killed five people including three children and seriously injured two others The accident happed at p m when the driver of a Toyota hatchback headed south on Colorado in Douglas County lost control and went off the right shoulder the Colorado State Patrol declared The Toyota drove back on the road and then rolled into the northbound lane A Ford sedan heading north was hit head-on by the Toyota which kept traveling and struck a Ford pickup causing minor damage The State Patrol disclosed the driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene after being ejected from the carriage The man driving the Ford sedan and three of five children in the car were pronounced dead at the scene Highway will be closed for several more hours pic twitter com rlJAVxcecq DC Sheriff dcsheriff November Two other juveniles in the sedan were flown to a nearby healthcare facility The pickup driver wasn t injured The State Patrol noted it s not known why the driver of the Toyota lost control Highway remained closed Monday night as the study and cleanup continued Related Articles Pedestrian struck killed in Westminster crash Driver killed in westbound I- crash near Palisade Southbound I- reopens after crash people taken to hospital Hyundai driver killed in -vehicle crash in Teller County Nine in Denver area homes lost value in the past year Zillow reports The Douglas County Coroner will identify those deceased after all the families have been notified