Investigators believe alcohol was possibly a factor in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in rural El Paso County that killed a 46-year-old Calhan man.
The wreck happened about 8 a.m. at the intersection of East Ellicott Road South and Sanborn Road, about 10 miles east of Colorado Springs, when a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 pickup truck hit a 2001 Volkswagen Beetle.
The Colorado State Patrol says the wreck happened because the driver of the Chevrolet, 38-year-old Alexander Gutierrez, of Colorado Springs, failed to yield at the intersection as he drove southbound in Ellicott Road South.
“After the collision the Chevrolet rolled one time while traveling through a fence prior to coming to rest in a field,” the State Patrol said in a crash bulletin. “The Volkswagen also collided with a fence prior to coming to rest in the same field.”
Gutierrez had minor injuries.
The driver of the Beetle, 46-year-old Derek Burmeister, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
