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Car crash victim actually died from gunshot
Posted: 07.13.2011 at 3:31 PM
Read more:  Local, Automotive, Car Crash Victim Shot, Shooting Death in Colorado Springs, Man who Crashed Car Shot himself, Accidental Shooting Death in Colorado Springs, Shooting Accident on Bent Bar Road, Bent Bar Crash, Crash on Bent Bar Road, Fatal Crash in Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Police

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The driver of this car died from a gunshot wound prior to the crash.  / FOX21: Adam Jukkola
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers said the man who crashed his car into a fence and died Monday actually died from a gunshot wound.

The El Paso County Coroner's Office made the ruling Wednesday. Police said the driver was 24-year-old Luke Puryear and have ruled his death accidental.

Officers found Puryear's car in a backyard in the 5300 block of Bent Bar Road around 6:10 p.m. Monday. The found a gun in the car but didn't know at the time if it was a factor in Puryear's death.

Officers did not specify how Puryear managed to shoot himself.
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