One dead after car crashes into Colorado Springs home
Samantha Hildebrandt
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the correct location and coinciding photo of the crash site.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — One person is dead after a car crashed into a home on the Westside of Colorado Springs.
The crash happened at a home near Uintah and 22nd Street around 11:45 Friday night.
After a night of no sleep, KRDO13 spoke with neighbors who say they ran to what was left of their neighbor’s home.
“There was so much smoke. So much smoke. It smelled so bad. We almost didn’t even know the house was hit until we heard screaming, hysterical screaming. She was looking for her son,” says a samaritan, Victoria Elizondo, who was next door when the crash happened.
Victoria says she was watching a movie with her family when they heard a loud screech.
Thankfully, everyone in the home is safe, but Victoria tells me the circumstances could have been very different.
“The oldest son was not home. If you see that bed right there over there, that was his bed completely mangled. If he would have been home, he would have been on that bed,” says Elizondo.
Multiple neighbors say they’re devastated by the incident, but sadly not surprised.
They say car crashes happen all too often in this area, and they intend to speak up to get some safety measures implemented, hopefully to prevent future crashes from happening.
Investigators are still looking into what caused the crash.