A pickup truck crossed double yellow lines on Gun Club Road early Friday and smashed into the blade of an oncoming snowplow, killing a man and a woman in the pickup.
Talon Romero-Eide, 20, and Laura Godfrey, 18, were pronounced dead at the scene, just south of Quincy Avenue, said Don Moseman, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol.
The accident, which occurred about 1:30 a.m., was one of hundreds throughout the Denver area Friday as motorists battled bad weather and poor driving conditions, Moseman said.
The fatal accident, however, had more to do with aggressive driving, he said.
“It was the high rate of speed and driving on the wrong side of the road that were the main factors,” Moseman said.
The pickup was traveling south on Gun Club Road when it passed a car in a no-passing zone and struck a northbound snowplow head-on, Moseman said.
The speed limit on the road is 45 mph, Moseman said. The road was wet with some icy spots at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Arapahoe County snowplow, Kelly Crespin, 38, of Arvada, was treated for minor injuries at Aurora South Medical Center.
Most of the accidents reported Friday were minor, but a 10-car pileup in downtown Denver on Friday morning sent a police officer to an area hospital with minor injuries. He was treated and released.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-820-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com.
