JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO – Three teens who died in Tuesday’s crash in Colorado have been identified as students from St. John’s Military School in Salina, according to the school.

A fourth teenager from Kansas was the only survivor of the accident that occurred just after 4:30p.m. in Jefferson County, Colorado.

The driver of the Dodge Dakota has been identified as Jake Whitting, age 18, Glen Head, New York.

One of the passengers has been identified as John Yoder, 19, Denver, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

The second passenger Akinwumi (AJ) Ricketts, 16, also died as a result of the crash, according to officials.

Marshall Otter, 17,  Ulysses, Kansas was transported to St. Anthony Hospital in Denver.

Alcohol and/or drugs are suspected and will be investigated by the coroner, according to Colorado State Patrol.

 

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO – Three people died and a teenager from Kansas was injured in an accident just after 4:30p.m. on Tuesday in Jefferson County, Colorado.

A Dodge Dakota pickup was southbound near12448 South Foxton Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to Trooper Nate Reid with the Colorado State Patrol.

The pickup traveled off of the right side of the roadway and rolled down an embankment coming to rest in a creek.

Four males were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.  The driver and two passengers died on scene.  The third passenger, a 17 year old boy from Kansas, was transported to St. Anthony Hospital with serious injuries.

Names of the victims have not been released.

This crash remains under investigation by the Colorado State Patrol.