{"id":25873,"date":"2025-12-04T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25873"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:03:12","slug":"dem-senator-killed-in-motor-vehicle-accident-over-thanksgiving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25873","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senator Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident Over Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Colorado state senator was killed Wednesday night in a multi-vehicle crash that also injured three others. State Sen. Faith Winter, a Democrat, was the only fatality in the five-car collision, which shut down part of a highway in Centennial shortly after 6 p.m., according to the Colorado Senate Democratic Caucus,\u00a0the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are devastated to learn of the passing of our colleague and friend, Senator Faith Winter. Today, our caucus grieves the loss of a dedicated public servant whose commitment to the people of Colorado never wavered,\u201d Colorado Senate President James Coleman and Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez\u00a0said in a joint statement.<\/a><\/p>\n

The deadly accident occurred on Interstate 25 close to E Dry Creek Rd, situated 16 miles southeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.<\/p>\n

Three additional individuals sustained injuries in the collision. Authorities did not disclose the statuses of the other parties involved,\u00a0according to the Colorado Sun<\/a>. Police are still investigating the crash, reports said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cause is going to take some time to figure out,\u201d Arapahoe County Sheriff Deputy John Bartmann said, per Colorado media outlets.<\/p>\n

A truck was overturned next to multiple damaged vehicles on the closed highway, as shown in images\u00a0taken by CBS Colorado.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The sheriff\u2019s office reported that the road was cleared and reopened shortly before midnight.<\/p>\n

Winter, 45, was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2014.<\/p>\n

She won a seat in the state Senate in 2018, unseating Republican incumbent Beth Martinez Humenik in the race to represent the 24th Senate District.<\/p>\n

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