HOLIDAY WEEK TRAGEDY: 5 DEAD AS STOLEN AUTO CRASHES INTO CAR PACKED WITH KIDS

UPDATE

A stolen auto crashed into car carrying children on Monday evening, killing the driver and three youngsters. The driver of the stolen auto also died.

The Thanksgiving week tragedy occurred on Highway 83 near Russellville Road in rural Douglas County, the Colorado State Patrol said. Two other children were seriously injured. A pickup truck stopped before barreling into the wreckage.

The dead children - all in the same car, a Ford Fushion - ranged in age from 8 to 12. The injured children are 13 and 14. The driver - a man, age 35 - was from Colorado Springs. 

The stolen auto - a Toyota Matrix driven a man, age 31, from Denver - was taken from Aurora shortly before the crash, the state patrol said.  

Franktown fire responded to the accident at 4:45 p.m.

[Photos: Colorado State Patrol, Douglas County Sheriff's Office]  

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