UPDATE | Nov. 18, 2025 — Metro Denver Crimestoppers released the below flyer on Tuesday showing the suspect accused in this crash. Anybody who recognizes him is asked to call 720-913-7867.
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CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — Deputies in Clear Creek County are looking for the driver of a stolen bus after the suspect reportedly crashed into an Idaho Springs police patrol car early Friday on Interstate 70.
According to the Idaho Springs Police Department, officers were investigating a separate crash on eastbound I-70 near mile marker 240.75 when dispatch informed them that a Clear Creek County Roundabout bus had been stolen out of Georgetown. Moments later, officers spotted the stolen bus approaching them at a high rate of speed.
Police said the bus nearly came to a complete stop at the crash scene before speeding toward emergency personnel. The driver then reportedly made "an abrupt maneuver" between a tow truck and a firetruck, entered a closed express lane, and continued speeding toward first responders and CDOT workers.
The bus weaved back into traffic toward first responders, nearly hitting them, before striking an Idaho Springs police patrol vehicle. The crash caused "significant damage" to the patrol vehicle, according to police, and the bus kept going on eastbound I-70.
- The incident was caught on an officer's body-worn camera. Watch the video below
No one was injured in either crash, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office.
The shuttle bus was found abandoned in Denver, but the suspect remains at large.
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