Crime & Safety
No Charges For 86-Year-Old Driver Who Crashed Into Houses [WATCH]
Traffic investigators believe a medical incident occurred with driver whose car left the road in Highlands Ranch.
DOUGLAS COUNTY, CO – A medical event may have been the cause of an accident in which the car driven by an 86-year-old man flew off the road in Highlands Ranch and crashed into two homes, investigators said.
The Douglas County Sheriff on Friday released video taken from a nearby school of the Jan. 16 crash that showed the driver's car speeding across Fairview Parkway from Grace Blvd. at a high rate of speed before going airborne and crashing into the houses.
The car damaged houses on the 9700 block of Dunning Circle. Traffic was closed while emergency teams from Excel gas and electricity checked for gas leaks. No one in the homes was hurt, and the injured driver was taken to Littleton Hospital, where he is expected to survive his injuries.
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Traffic investigators are still looking at the case, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.
Update to Dunning Cir. Crash: This is a video showing the car traveling across Fairview. While the driver did sustain serious injuries, we’re glad to share that doctors say he will survive.. Luckily nobody else was hurt! pic.twitter.com/AMqI34nl5G
— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) January 18, 2019
SMFR is on scene of an accident involving a vehicle that crashed through portions of 2 homes in Highlands Ranch at 9735 & 9737 Dunning Cir. The single occupants of the car was injured and transported to the hospital, no other injuries or people trapped. Working to stabilize now. pic.twitter.com/KoiKYuhtRc
— South Metro Fire Rescue (@SouthMetroPIO) January 16, 2019
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