An Oregon man traveling with his family to Colorado for a reunion says his grandfather was killed in a crash between a pickup truck and an airport shuttle bus early Sunday morning. Ian Hughes said his brother and father were also seriously injured, along with at least three other passengers.
The crash happened around midnight at E. 81st Avenue and Tower Road, just west of Denver International Airport, according to Joanna Small, public information officer for the Commerce City Police Department.
Ian Hughes said the shuttle bus was turning left onto E. 81st Avenue headed to Nu Car Rental when the pickup truck hit them, forcing the bus to spin several times. He said there were 8 people on the bus, and that he and the driver were the only ones who escaped mostly uninjured.
“I jumped up, and I just kind of did what I could to spring into action,” Ian said…