SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. (KOAA) — At 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Security Fire Department (SFD) responded to a traffic crash at the intersection of Main Street and Norman Drive.
When crews arrived, they found a single car and a nearby building with significant damage.
Colorado State Patrol (CSP) found that a Subaru WRX, occupied by "two young adults," was driving at high speeds before losing control.
See more from the scene of the crash in the video player below.
They were traveling south on Main Street when the car failed on a right turn, struck a landscape boulder, and collided with the second story of a church.
It landed on the ground.
The driver has been identified as an 18-year-old man, and the passenger was a 14-year-old boy.
Multiple units responded to the scene, and the two people in the car were extricated and transported to a local hospital for care. The driver had life-threatening injuries, and the passenger had serious injuries.
The Fort Carson Fire's Heavy Rescue team came to assist in ensuring the structural integrity of the building.
This is an ongoing investigation led by the Colorado State Patrol. If you have any information on this incident, please call CSP at (719)544-2424 and reference case number VC260123.
The current condition of the two teens is unknown at this time.
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