Two people inside a stolen car were killed when they crashed into a suburban Denver fire station while trying to flee police. A Westminster police officer found himself behind the stolen vehicle just after 2 Thursday morning and tried to pull it over, but the driver refused to stop. The officer radioed in for help and a chase started on Federal Boulevard. The pursuit wound through a neighborhood near 99th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard before the car crashed into Westminster Fire Station #2. No firefighters were hurt, but the man and woman in the car were killed. The crash and the stolen vehicle remain under investigation.
The crash was one of two overnight in the Denver area involving a stolen vehicle. In the other incident, the occupant was of the stolen vehicle was also killed after crashing during a law enforcement pursuit.
