FALCON, Colo. (KOAA) — A few minutes after 8 p.m. on Monday, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) responded to a single-car crash involving a 2015 Ford Explorer on Falcon Highway, west of Curtis Road.
According to CSP, the Ford was traveling westbound on Falcon Highway when it lost control and began to spin, going off the right side of the highway.
CSP says the Ford hit a shrub on the south side of the roadway, and then hit several t-posts that were holding up a fence located at a private residence.
The car then collided with a tree, sideways, and the front and rear ends of the car ended up wrapped around the tree.
The 47-year-old woman who was driving was pronounced dead on the scene.
CSP is leading the crash investigation, and the woman's identity will be released by the El Paso County Coroner's Office once her family has been notified.
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