Five people died Sunday after a car drove off a cliff in Grand Junction, police said.
Grand Junction police officers and firefighters responded to a crash in the 2000 block of Lookout Lane at about 7:45 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the police department. When they arrived, law enforcement found a vehicle crashed on the hillside, police said.
Investigators believe the car was headed southbound on Lookout Lane when it veered off the roadway and down the steep hillside, police said.
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Five people died and will be identified by the Mesa County Coroner’s Office, police said.
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Speed is being investigated as a factor in the crash, police said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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