District 2 Troop B
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Trooper E C Zachareas
719-635-0385
Fax: 719-635-1802
http://www.csp.state.co.us/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 5, 2010 Time: 0805 hours
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a two-vehicles crash which resulted in one fatality on Colorado 25 near milepost 132 in El Paso County. At approximately 0805 hours this morning, a Toyota Tacoma, driven by 30-year-old Shaun Smith of Pueblo, was traveling North on Colorado 25 when he stopped due to traffic. As the Toyota was coming to a stop, a 1999 Subaru Legacy, driven by 22-year-old Daniel Woldtvedt of Sunburst, Montana, struck the rear of the Toyota at a high rate of speed. The Toyota traveled into the center median, where it overturned before coming to rest on its right side. After colliding with the Toyota, the Subaru began rotating counter-clockwise before it traveled into the center median, coming to rest on its wheels near the left edge of the northbound lanes.
Woldtvedt was extricated from his Subaru and transported to Memorial Hospital by helicopter. Although uninjured, Smith was transported to Memorial Hospital by ambulance as a precautionary measure, where he was treated and released. At 1035 hours, Woldtvedt succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital. Drugs and alcohol are not considered to be factors in the crash, which remains under investigation, but Woldtvedt appeared to bave been using his cell phone at the time of the crash, which may have distracted him.
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Trooper Zachareas
District 2 Troop B
719-635-0385
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