Three people were killed and seven others were hospitalized when several people stopped to help a rollover accident on Interstate 225 in Aurora and were struck by an oncoming car.
The driver of an Isuzu Trooper traveling south on the freeway lost control just before 4 a.m., and rolled the vehicle over the center median and into the northbound lanes at I-225 and Mississippi Avenue, said Aurora police Sgt. William Revelle.
Several people then pulled over to help, leaving their cars parked on the freeway, Revelle said.
As the group stood in the center median, a Ford Explorer heading north hit one of the cars parked on the freeway, then rolled into those who stopped to help. Two people were killed instantly, Revelle said. A third died later at a local hospital.
The names of the victims were not released. Two children were among those taken to the hospital, but they were not seriously injured, Revelle said.
Both lanes of I-225 were closed for about four hours. The lanes were re-opened around 8 a.m.
Staff writer Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer can be reached at 303-820-1316 or at awittmeyer@denverpost.com.
