An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were killed and three teenage girls were seriously injured early Monday morning when a stolen sport utility vehicle they were in crashed during a high-speed chase with a Colorado state trooper in Pueblo.
Chantel Ortiz, 16, and Cameron Montoya, 18, both of Pueblo, were killed in the accident, said Trooper Nate Reid of the Colorado State Patrol.
The Colorado State Patrol received a call at 1:49 a.m. that someone was speeding in a white 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander.
The vehicle was going north on Pueblo Boulevard in Pueblo County, Reid said in a news release.
A trooper immediately spotted the vehicle on Pueblo Boulevard at East Spaulding Avenue and turned on his emergency lights and siren.
Montoya’s SUV did not stop and ran two red traffic lights at Colorado 50 and raced north on Wildhorse Road.
At 1:50 a.m., the vehicle swerved on a left-hand curve, and the driver lost control.
The SUV rolled, ejecting three of the five occupants. The two others were inside the vehicle as it came to rest on its side.
Ortiz was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other two teens who were ejected from the SUV and the other remaining occupant were transported to Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo with serious injuries.
Montoya also was taken to the hospital, where he died.
The seriously injured teens include a 15-year-old girl and two 14-year-old girls.
After the crash, troopers learned that the vehicle had been stolen in Colorado Springs, according to Reid. A handgun was found inside the vehicle.
The Pueblo County Critical Incident Team is investigating the accident, he said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or @kmitchell
