Man found guilty in high-speed Aurora crash that killed 71-year-old woman
A man accused of causing a high-speed Aurora car crash that killed a -year-old woman was convicted of vehicular homicide the th Judicial District Attorney s Office mentioned Tuesday Taylor Marcus Douglas was detected guilty of vehicular homicide and reckless driving by an Arapahoe County jury on Thursday court records show Vehicular homicide is a felony and reckless driving is a traffic offense The crash happened around p m on April when Janis Camfield and her husband were leaving a dialysis center and turning onto South Chambers Road near East Center Avenue and were t-boned by Douglas Observers reported police Douglas who was driving a black Nissan Altima was weaving in and out of traffic and speeding before the crash Crash information collected from his car established he was traveling at mph seconds before the crash and investigators estimated he was traveling at mph when he hit the Camfield s SUV Related Articles killed in metro Denver crashes on I- East Jewell Avenue Seattle teen arrested in fatal head-on crash in southwestern Colorado Man killed in Aurora street racing crash with suspected drunken driver Arvada man gets years jail time for fatal Aurora hit-and-run Suspect in fatal Denver hit-and-run at th Street drove onto sidewalk hit victim Camfield s husband was also severely injured in the crash Douglas faces a maximum of six years in prison when he is sentenced on Jan In a comment District Attorney Amy Padden declared she supports increasing penalties for these offenses to ensure greater accountability and justice Every victim and every grieving family deserves a justice system that treats vehicular homicide cases with the gravity it warrants Padden disclosed My office continues to have productive conversations with legislators to pursue reforms that hold offenders fully accountable for these preventable tragedies Douglas was represented by the Office of the Colorado State General Defender which does not comment on criminal cases Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
