A passenger in the car that crashed into a school bus carrying a Grand Junction high school wrestling team in Lakewood earlier this month died on Sunday, police said.
Julio Vasquez-Gonzalez, 18, died Sunday morning from his injuries, according to a news release from the Lakewood Police Department.
The driver accused of hitting the school bus, 22-year-old Andrew Logan Miller of Denver, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vehicular assault, child abuse, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and speeding 40 mph or more over the limit, according to the department.
As of Sunday, investigators were discussing additional charges with the District Attorney’s Office, including vehicular homicide, police said.
More than a dozenn student athletes and several coaches from Grand Junction’s Central High School in Mesa County were on board the school bus when the crash happened, shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, police said. The team was in the Denver area for a wrestling tournament.
The bus driver was turning left onto West Sixth Avenue from northbound Kipling Street when it was hit by an SUV speeding south on Kipling, police said.
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Speed is believed to be a major factor in the crash, police said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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