HUDSON, Colo.—A Commerce City man and his son are dead after their van went off Interstate 76 in northeast Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol says a Weld County deputy suffered non life-threatening injuries in a collision on his way to the accident.
Troopers say the van crashed Monday morning after its right rear tire failed. Two teenage boys were thrown from the vehicle, which rolled.
Fifteen-year-old Giovanni Castaneda was pronounced dead at a Denver hospital. Troopers say 12-year-old Jonathon Castaneda was seriously hurt and taken to a Denver-area hospital.
Fifty-year-old Querubin Castaneda-Sanchez died at the scene. The driver, 51-year-old Isabel Estrada, had moderate injures and was taken to a Greeley hospital.
The patrol says the deputy collided with a dump truck on a county road. The truck driver wasn’t hurt.
The names of the deputy and truck driver weren’t released.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
