PUEBLO, Colo. — Two people are dead after a crash involving a stolen vehicle Friday morning, according to the Pueblo Police Department.
It happened around midnight at the intersection of West Northern Avenue and Beulah Avenue near the Mountain View Cemetery.
Officers say they saw a white sedan traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on West Northern Avenue near Bessemer Park. The sedan continued traveling west when it collided with a truck that was turning left from eastbound Northern Avenue onto Beulah Avenue.
While investigating, police say the sedan was an unreported stolen vehicle and was being driven without headlights at the time of the crash.
There were three people in the sedan, and police say two of them died at the scene. The driver of the truck and the third person in the sedan were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The names of the two people who died will be released at a later time by the Pueblo County Coroner's Office.
Police say this is an active investigation. If you have any information regarding the crash, you are asked to call Corporal Alarid at (719)553-3210.
This is the seventh fatal crash in the City of Pueblo this year, according to police.
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