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Two die in wrong-way freeway crash
Posted: 02.21.2011 at 11:01 AM
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AURORA, COLO. (AP) -- The Colorado State Patrol says a sedan going the wrong way on a Denver-area freeway collided head-on with an SUV, and the drivers of both vehicles were killed.

Three minors who were riding in the SUV were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The patrol says a Ford Taurus was traveling south in the northbound lanes of E-470 near Quincy Avenue at 8:20 p.m. on Sunday when it collided with a Chevrolet Yukon.

Troopers identified the victims as 89-year-old Odean Wheetley, who was driving the Taurus, and 37-year-old Grier Laughlin, driver of the Yukon. Both were from Aurora.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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