AURORA, Colo. — Two people were killed after the motorcycle they were on was involved in a crash with a vehicle at an Aurora intersection Friday afternoon.
The Aurora Police Department (APD) said the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. in the area of E. Arapahoe Road and E. Peakview Drive and involved a motorcycle and a car.
Two people on the motorcycle — a man and a woman — were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. They were identified as 18-year-old Sebastian Luevanos-Ocampo and 17-year-old Mariah Kay Phillips by the Arapahoe County Coroner.
The driver of the car, who was the sole occupant, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
APD's Traffic Investigations Unit was dispatched to the scene. The intersection was closed for several hours for the investigation and was reopened around 9:43 p.m.
No other details were immediately available.
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