UPDATE: 2 dead after 3-car crash on Powers and Fountain
UPDATE: SUNDAY 6/16/2024 5:26 p.m.
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — CSPD revealed more information about the fatal crash at the intersection of South Powers and East Fountain Boulevards on Sunday, June 16.
According to CSPD just before 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, CSPD was notified of a three-vehicle crash. When emergency responders arrived on the scene they found two people dead and a third was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Major Crash Team investigated the scene and found that the first vehicle had been traveling southbound on Powers Blvd. and as it approached the intersection of Fountain Blvd., it crashed into two other vehicles which were attempting to turn left onto northbound Powers Blvd.
Police said that, based on witness accounts, both speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors in the crash and police arrested 39-year-old Shawn Michael Johnson.
The investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE: SUNDAY 6/16/2024 1:42 p.m.
According to CSPD, the crash at Powers and Fountain caused an unknown number of fatalities. The Major Crash Team is responding at this time.
ORIGINAL STORY: Multi-vehicle crash on S. Powers and E. Fountain
SUNDAY 6/16/2024 12:59 p.m.
On Sunday, June 16, at around noon, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) posted on X (formerly Twitter) about a multi-vehicle crash on South Powers Boulevard and East Fountain Boulevard.
All directions of traffic are blocked at the intersection, according to CSPD.
FOX21 News will continue to monitor this crash and provide updates as they become available.
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