Overview
- A Subaru WRX left the road in Security-Widefield and hit the second story of a church before landing back on the ground, leaving two youths with serious injuries.
- Colorado State Patrol says the 18-year-old driver lost control on a right turn, struck a landscape boulder, went airborne, and then collided with the church’s upper floor.
- Fire crews extricated the 18-year-old driver and a 14-year-old passenger and took them to Memorial Hospital Central for treatment.
- Fort Carson Fire’s Heavy Rescue Team assessed the building to make sure it was structurally safe after the impact.
- CSP is investigating and asking witnesses to call dispatch at (719) 544-2424 and reference case VC260123, as neighbors push for safety fixes on the fast, curving stretch of Main Street where crashes have been a recurring problem.