DENVER—Court documents say the woman accused of killing a family of five when her SUV landed on top of their truck in Thornton had been told by doctors not to drive.
The Denver Post reported Monday doctors told 34-year-old Monica Chavez she shouldn’t drive after a seizure-like episode in 2006. According to an arrest affidavit, Chavez was told to see a specialist but she said she couldn’t afford that.
She is charged with five counts of criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of Randy and Crystal Stollsteimer and their three boys.
Police say drugs and alcohol weren’t a factor in the February accident. They say Chavez’s SUV crossed a median, struck a sedan, went airborne and landed on the family’s pickup.
Relatives have said Chavez must have had medical problems before the crash.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
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