Police ID suspect in deadly crash at 32nd and Lowell in Denver
Denver Police Department
and last updated 2021-04-12 14:18:13-04
DENVER â Police in Denver identified Monday the suspect arrested following a deadly crash at the intersection of 32nd and Lowell Saturday.
Patrick Layden, 49, is being held on suspicion of vehicular homicide at the Denver City Jail.
The two-vehicle crash at the busy Denver intersection around noon took the life of a man and put a child in the hospital. Police said the child is in critical condition but is expected to survive.
Police believe Layden â in a Acura SUV â was speeding westbound on West 32nd Avenue, passed a vehicle against a double yellow line, ran a red light at the intersection of North Lowell Boulevard, and crashed into a Subaru, which was going northbound on Lowell, according to probable cause statement.
Full of life : Family and friends remember woman killed in LoDo car crash
Sean Towle
and last updated 2021-04-05 20:42:30-04
DENVER â For those who loved her most, itâs hard to put into words what Jessica Marie Allen meant to them.
Her mother, Susan Wainwright, said Allen worked two jobs to make sure her family had a good life, especially her two daughters. I always said that she is the mother I wanted to grow up to be like. She just made darn well sure that, no matter what, she was there for every one of them, Wainwright said.
and last updated 2021-04-05 16:43:10-04
DENVER â Police in Denver arrested a man in connection with a T-bone crash that killed a mother of two in downtown Denver Saturday night.
John Dahmer, 40, was booked into the Denver City Jail on vehicular homicide charges.
The crash happened just after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Lawrence Street and 18th Street. Denver police said the driver of one of the vehicles was pronounced dead at the scene and said others were injured.
The fatal victim was identified by family as Jessica Marie Allen. Her mother told Denver7 Allen was delivering food when she was broadsided at the LoDo intersection and died.