A man died and a woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash near the border of Denver and Aurora early Sunday morning, police said.
The 20-year-old woman, who was driving the car, ran a red light at the intersection of Central Park Boulevard and Montview Boulevard at about 3:47 a.m., according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department.
After running the light, she drove off the left side of the road, spun out and struck a traffic control signal box head-on, police said in the release. The crash temporarily knocked out power to the traffic lights at the intersection.
Other drivers stopped to help and pulled the woman and her passenger, a 21-year-old man, from the crashed car, police said.
The man died from his injuries at the scene of the crash, police said. Paramedics took the woman to the hospital with “serious” injuries.
Police believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash but said investigators are waiting on the results of the woman’s blood test.
This is Aurora’s ninth fatal crash of 2025, police said.
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