A 20-year-old suspected of drunken driving was arrested Wednesday morning in a five-car Commerce City crash that killed one person and injured two others on U.S. 85, police said.
The driver, who has not been publicly identified, was arrested on investigation of DUI and vehicular homicide, according to the .
between Longs Peak Drive in Commerce City and East 124th Avenue in Brighton for the crash cleanup and investigation, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. All lanes had reopened by 8:40 a.m. Wednesday.
Paramedics took two people to the hospital with unspecified injuries, including the at-fault driver, and one person died in the crash, . The person killed will be identified by the Adams County Coroner’s Office.
Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, but the investigation is ongoing, .
This is a developing story and may be updated.
