A man died and four other adults were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on southbound I-25 near West Colfax Avenue in Denver in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the driver was attempting to pass another vehicle when he collided with the front of that car and was thrown from his own vehicle, dying from his injuries.
Denver police responded shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday to the crash site, according to The Denver Post. Three of the four injured people were riding in the passing vehicle, while the fourth was in the second car, the paper reported. The identities of the four hospitalized adults have not been released.
The crash forced a partial closure of I-25 south of Colfax along with two nearby on-ramps as investigators worked the scene. All closures had been lifted by 6:13 a.m. Sunday, per the same account.
Separate I-25 Crashes
Separately, CBS Colorado reported on an I-25 crash near Auraria Parkway that also left one person dead and multiple others injured. That report describes a pedestrian who exited a stalled vehicle and was struck by oncoming traffic, temporarily closing the interstate's northbound lanes while officers investigated. CBS Colorado noted that police had not yet released the identity of the person killed or the number of people involved in that incident.
The Auraria Parkway crash reported by CBS Colorado occurred Saturday, July 25, 2026, while the Colfax Avenue crash described by The Denver Post occurred Sunday, October 25, 2026. They were separate incidents.
A Violent Stretch on Denver Roads
The Colfax-area crash was one of several serious wrecks reported in Denver early Sunday. Around 1:21 a.m., a southbound driver struck a pedestrian crossing South Sheridan Boulevard mid-block, outside a crosswalk, near West Evans Avenue, according to the Denver Post's reporting, in what was described as a separate fatal crash.
CBS Colorado has also reported on another deadly crash on I-25 near 20th Street, in which a wrong-way driver struck another vehicle traveling in the northbound HOV lane. The wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other driver was hospitalized with serious injuries, the station reported. It has not been established whether that crash is connected to the incidents near Colfax Avenue or Auraria Parkway.
No further details on the identities of those killed or injured in the overnight crashes have been released.
