Five killed, including three children from Colorado Springs, after stolen car crashes on Highway 83
Sadie Buggle
FRANKTOWN, Colo. (KRDO) – A violent head-on crash on Highway 83 on Monday afternoon left five people dead and two children critically injured, authorities said. We now know four of the people who died in the collision, including three children under the age of 13, were from Colorado Springs.
KRDO13 has also learned that the vehicle that allegedly caused the crash was reported stolen just an hour before the deadly collision.
According to Colorado State Patrol (CSP), the crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Highway 83, just south of Franktown near Russellville Road. Troopers said a Toyota stolen out of Aurora crashed into a Ford; the Ford had an adult driver and five juveniles from Colorado Springs.
Troopers said the stolen car was driving southbound when it lost control and went off the right shoulder. The car returned to the roadway and rolled into the northbound lane, where it hit the Ford with the children inside head-on, CSP said.
Courtesy: CSP
According to the families of the deceased, the victim’s car included:
A 35-year-old father, Alvin Corado (pronounced deceased)
An 8-year-old boy, Toretto Corado (pronounced deceased)
A 11-year-old girl, Makenlee Corado (pronounced deceased)
A 13-year-old girl, Mia Corado (airlifted to a hospital in critical condition)
A 12-year-old boy, Jase Green (pronounced deceased)
A 14-year-old boy, Jordan Green (airlifted to a hospital in critical condition)
A GoFundMe for the Corado family has been started, and can be accessed by clicking here. A GoFundMe for the Watkins-Green family can be found by clicking here.
A photo of Makenlee Corado (left), Toretto Corado (middle) and Mia Corado (right), courtesy of GoFundMe.
A photo of both families together, including Jase and Jordan Green, courtesy of GoFundMe.
Family related to Jase and Jordan Green tells KRDO13 they were on the way to the hospital to visit their mother, who just had surgery.
The driver of the reported stolen car was ejected on impact and was also pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as a 31-year-old man from Denver, and CSP says he was not using a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The coroner’s office will be tasked with publicly releasing his identity.
Investigators are now working to determine why the driver lost control.
The stolen car came from a carjacking in Aurora, according to police. The Aurora Police Department (APD) responded to a reported carjacking that occurred around 3:45 p.m. on November 24 at the Nine Mile Station parking structure, according to APD. The Nine Mile Station parking structure is an RTD parking garage.
APD tells KRDO13 the victim told officers she was getting into her vehicle on the first level when an unknown man approached, held the door open and asked her for a ride. Police say when she refused, the suspect pulled her from the driver’s seat and drove off in her vehicle.
The vehicle was then put into all motor vehicle theft systems, according to APD.
Highway 83 was closed between Russellville Road and Lake Gulch Road for hours as troopers investigated. The roadway was reopened at 11:50 p.m.
Neighbors in the area tell KRDO13 the crash was so loud they thought a tire had popped until they saw a large plume of smoke in the area. They say they immediately called 911. Some we spoke with rushed to the scene to help cut people’s seatbelts off and bring towels to assist.
The crash is now being investigated by the Colorado State Patrol Vehicular Crimes Unit. The agency asks those who observed the crash and have not yet spoken to investigators to contact Colorado State Patrol Dispatch at (303) 239-4501 and reference Case Number VC250439.
The Franktown Fire Protection District also responded to the crash. They tell us they could not talk about what the response was like; however, they are grateful to the community, which has been thanking first responders on Tuesday.