(April 9, 2022) The Aurora Police Department Traffic Section is investigating a fatal traffic crash that killed two last night.
On April 8th, 2022 at approximately 8:13p.m. Aurora Police and Fire Rescue responded to a crash involving four cars and an electric bicycle at North Chambers Road and East 6th Avenue.
Traffic Investigators believe that a Red Honda CRV was traveling northbound in the 500 block of North Chambers Road when it crossed the center median and travelled into the southbound lanes of traffic. The suspect vehicle struck an electric bicycle at the entrance of a shopping center on the westside of the roadway. The rider of the bicycle was able to dismount before the collision and left the scene. The suspect vehicle continued to travel northbound and struck a Honda CRV that was traveling eastbound on East 6th Avenue. The suspect vehicle then struck two other vehicles that were stopped for the red light in the southbound lanes of Chambers Road.
Tragically, a 41-year-old women who was in the CRV that was struck by the suspect was killed and pronounced deceased at the scene. A 43-year-old man, a 5-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy who were in the CRV were transported to a local hospital for treatment. The 5-year-old girl later died from her injuries at the hospital. The man remains in critical condition and the boy was treated and released. The occupants of the other vehicles were not injured.
The suspect in this crash, Juan Pablo Pasqal-Licea of Aurora was also transported to a local hospital for treatment. Once he was treated and released he was arrested for Vehicular Homicide and Driving While Under the Influence. He is currently in-custody at the Aurora Detention Center.
The names of the victims will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office once they have been positively identified and their next of kin have been notified.
The intersection was closed for several hours during the investigation and was re-opened at around 4:30a.m.
BOOKING PHOTO: Juan Pablo Pasqal-Licea , Date of Birth: 05/01/1991
Acting Captain Chris Amsler
Public Information Officer
Media Relations Unit
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