By Shannon Lukens. (File photo of Walden.)
An 18-year-old woman working in Jackson County was killed Saturday night when a car crashed into her in the bowling alley parking lot in Walden.
Colorado State Patrol says the alleged driver was a 21-year-old male from Steamboat Springs.
CSP says the crash happened at 10 p.m. on Main Street and Hwy 125 in Walden, where there is a 90-degree curve. The driver of the Chevy Silverado allegedly didn’t make the curve and went into the bowling alley parking lot, hitting a parked vehicle and two pedestrians. Both of the 18-year-old women were flown to other hospitals. One died, and the other had life threatening injuries and there is not an update on her condition.
CSP says both women are from the Walden area. But Jackson County Coroner George Crocket says the woman who died was working in Walden but she is from out of the country and he has not yet been able to get in touch with her family, so no information is being released.
CSP says the cause is under investigation and that the driver of the vehicle stayed and is cooperating with the investigation. No one has been charged yet.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
From Colorado State Patrol at 11:10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23.
Fatal Crash in Jackson County
Truck vs pedestrians claims one life
(Walden, COLO) At 10:14 pm on September 21, 2024, the Colorado State Patrol responded to a report of a crash involving two pedestrians near Main Street and Highway 125 in Walden. Troopers on scene determined a Chevrolet Silverado driven by a 21 year old Steamboat male was southbound on Main Street negotiating a sharp right curve when it traveled off the left side of the road into a bowling alley parking lot.
The Silverado collided with two pedestrians in the parking lot and a parked vehicle. The driver remained on scene and is cooperating with law enforcement. Both pedestrians are 18 year old females from Walden and were flown to area hospitals. One of the pedestrians was later pronounced dead and the other remains in the hospital with life threatening injuries.
The cause of this crash is still being investigated by the Colorado State Patrol Vehicular Crimes Unit and no charges have been filed at this time.
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