ARVADA, Colo. — One person is dead and five are injured after a single-car rollover crash in Arvada early Saturday morning, police said.
The Arvada Police Department said the fatal crash happened eastbound on Interstate 70, at Interstate 76, around 12:24 a.m.
There were six people total inside the five-passenger Dodge Sedan driven by a 17-year-old girl, a spokesperson said, and most were reportedly not wearing a seatbelt.
Multiple people were ejected in the crash, police said. A spokesperson for the department said one of the ejected passengers was a teenage girl who died due to her injuries.
A woman and four juvenile girls were taken to the hospital, according to the spokesperson. They all suffered serious injuries except the driver.
Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash, the spokesperson said. Police are still investigating the crash and no one is in custody at this time.
Police said all lanes were closed eastbound on I-70 at Wadsworth as a result of the crash. The lanes closed at around 2:16 a.m. and reopened at 4:30 a.m., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation's posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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