Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash in Lakewood on Monday night

A motorcyclist killed successful a clang with a car successful Lakewood has been identified, and a operator was arrested astatine the scene.

The clang happened astatine astir 8 p.m. Monday astatine West Yale Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard, according to police. The motorcyclist, Julia Ann Pacheco, 59, of Centennial, was taken to a section infirmary wherever she died.

The operator of the car, Daniel Howard Short, 64, was arrested astatine the country connected suspicion of vehicular homicide, driving nether the power and cause possession, constabulary said successful a quality release.

An probe is ongoing, and constabulary fishy alcohol, drugs and speeding played a relation successful the crash.