The wrong-way driver in a fatal Jefferson County crash on U.S. 285 last month was arrested Monday on investigation of drunken driving and vehicular homicide, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Michael Colson, 33, is suspected of vehicular homicide, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and driving the wrong way on a divided highway, according to Jefferson County jail records.
The crash killed two people and injured two others, including Colson, state patrol officials said in a news release.
Colson was driving an Acura RL southbound on northbound U.S. 285 at about 5:20 a.m. on July 21 when he collided with a Cadillac CTS carrying a 59-year-old male driver and a 64-year-old female passenger, agency officials said.
The Cadillac spun out of control and crashed into a third vehicle: a Colorado Chevrolet driven by a 51-year-old man.
The three-car crash happened near mile marker 249 on U.S. 285, about one mile south of C-470, state officials said.
All four people were taken to the hospital, where the two in the Cadillac later died from their injuries, according to the news release.
Neither of the victims has been publicly identified. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office will release their names and causes of death at a later date.
Colson is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a hearing on charges, according to court records.
He is currently being held in the Jefferson County Jail on a $100,000 bond, court records show.
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