Aurora Police Took 45 Minutes To Get To High Priority Call

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Aurora police acknowledge it took them 45 minutes to get an officer to the scene of a serious, high priority call Feb. 10, an accident with two cars totaled and a woman trapped in one of the cars. Eyewitnesses say the suspected at-fault driver walked away after waiting an estimated 15-20 minutes for police to arrive. He has not been located or apprehended by Aurora police.

“I was the first one on scene,” said Michele Speissbach of Denver, who was on her way to a restaurant at Montview and Dayton in Aurora when she came upon the wreck. An SUV appeared to have broadsided an Audi sedan and the female driver of that Audi was trapped.

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