Grand Junction, Colorado accident kills 5 teen friends after car plunges off steep hill as authorities investigate whether speed was factor. Victims identified as Braden Taylor, Tristan Tucker, Titus Gould, William Simms, and Tyler Martinez. Authorities decline to say who was driving vehicle on night of tragedy.
Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a steep hillside cliff in Colorado over the weekend.
All five boys, from Grand Junction, were traveling along Lookout Lane late Saturday when their vehicle veered off the roadway and went down the steep incline, according to authorities.
Three of the teenagers, including the driver and front-seat passenger, were wearing seat belts, while the other two were not buckled in and were ejected from the vehicle, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office said.
Five teens with promising futures as their lives are remembered
All five died from injuries sustained in the crash according to the Daily Mail.
The teen victims were identified as Braden Taylor, Tristan Tucker, Titus Gould, William Simms, and Tyler Martinez. The tragedy led to the five families mourning the death of their children who all had bright futures ahead of them.
Tucker had been preparing to begin his senior year of high school, get his driver’s license and experience the milestones that come with being 17, according to a fundraiser for his family cited by the outlet.
He was remembered as being ‘full of life, potential, and a free spirit.’
Speed as potential cause of Grand Junction accident investigated
Authorities were not alerted to the wreck until approximately 7:45 a.m. Sunday, when 911 dispatchers received a report that a vehicle may have gone over the edge of a cliff, according to the Grand Junction Police Department.
Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside.
Speed is being investigated as a possible factor, police said. Authorities have not publicly identified the driver or said what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway.
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