A Colorado man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to run over two women with his vehicle and then ramming their truck when they tried to flee.
Vitalie Oprea took his parents’ vehicle without permission on Feb. 19, 2023, and later spotted the two women at the corner of the intersection of E. Arapahoe Road and South Liverpool Street. Witnesses told authorities that he began yelling at them and making obscene gestures, then made a U-turn into oncoming traffic, heading towards them.
The women ran into a nearby grassy area by Grandview High School, and Oprea drove over the curb and across the grass toward them. When the women got inside a Ram pickup truck, Oprea rammed it with his vehicle. He got out of the car and kicked the passenger side of the truck before opening the door and attempting to pull one of the women out…