Driver in fatal Lakewood crash was going double the speed limit before collision, police say

The -year-old woman accused of drunken driving in a fatal Lakewood crash was driving at more than double the speed limit just before the collision according to court documents Lakewood police responded to the crash at Kipling Street and West Sixth Avenue Frontage Road at about a m on Nov Days later one of the casualties died from her injuries police noted Ella Cromwell was driving a white Toyota Tundra south on Kipling Street at more than mph in a mph zone just before the crash according to her arrest affidavit Police used traffic cameras to track Cromwell s path and calculate her speed at different points along Kipling Street the affidavit stated Cromwell was driving at about mph just a mile before the crash police announced in the affidavit By the time she reached Kipling Street and West Eighth Place roughly feet from the crash intersection she had reached mph police explained As Cromwell reached the intersection of Kipling and West Sixth Avenue Frontage Road she crashed into another car police noted The driver of the maroon Chevrolet Suburban was turning left from northbound Kipling onto the frontage road according to court documents Cromwell struck the rear tourist side of the Chevrolet causing it to spin violently police commented Both the Chevrolet s driver and its commuter Selastina Salias were ejected from the car during the crash and Cromwell s truck flipped over police disclosed Paramedics took Salias to the hospital where she later died from her injuries police disclosed Eyewitnesses who helped Cromwell out of her truck after the crash recounted police that they could smell alcohol according to the arrest affidavit At the hospital Cromwell explained investigators she had been drinking and smoking THC products before she got in the truck police reported in the affidavit She admitted to drinking at least four shots of tequila at a concert in Denver Related Articles dead injured in northwest Denver crashes overnight Pedestrian killed in crash in north Thornton Broken semitruck closes southbound E- exit to I- near Aurora Driver arrested in Lakewood school bus crash involving wrestling gang Motorcycle rider dies after south Denver crash Cromwell was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide a felony Jefferson County court records show She also faces charges of DUI reckless driving careless driving resulting in injury possession consumption of alcohol while under and not using a seat belt She is next scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Dec Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day