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Colo. Police officer killed, 2nd officer injured in crash with suspected DUI driver

Colo. Police officer killed, 2nd officer injured in crash with suspected DUI driver

By means of Katie Langford

Source The Denver Post


A Golden Police Department officer was killed and a second seriously injured after they were struck by a suspected drunk driver during a crash on Colorado 58 Wednesday evening.

The two officers, a man and a woman, were investigating a crash near Washington Avenue and were outside their vehicle when they were struck just before 5 p.m., Golden Police Chief Joe Harvey said late Wednesday night.

The section of highway is a curved overpass and another officer was positioned nearby, Colorado State Patrol officials said in a news release.

Both officers were forced under the vehicle by the previous crash and became trapped, CSP officials said.

One officer, a 33-year-old man, died at the scene. The second officer, a woman, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The driver was arrested at the scene for “suspected impairment,” state police officials said late Wednesday. The agency has not released the name of the driver.

Harvey declined to release the officer’s name Wednesday night, citing the wishes of his family, but held back tears as he described the man as an “amazing human being” who served in the military and flew Black Hawk helicopters.

Colorado 58 is closed in both directions and there is no estimated time for reopening.

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