Tragedy Strikes Eaton as Three Young Men Lose Their Lives in Rollover Crash
By: Stephanie Southey | Denver7
Eaton community mourns after crash kills 3 recent high school graduates.
WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Three recent Eaton High School graduates were killed, and two others were injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash east of Ault in Weld County Saturday evening, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Investigators said a Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling at a high rate of speed west on Weld County Road 80 around 5:18 p.m. when it went off the road, lost control and rolled several times, ejecting all five occupants.
Three men — a 19-year-old and 20-year-old from Eaton and a 19-year-old from Greeley — were pronounced dead at the scene, CSP said.
The 20-year-old male driver from Wyoming was transported by air to a local hospital with...