At around 2 a.m. Dec. 28, 2022, Peter Frantz awoke to the recognizable sound of a “sudden bursting” from outside his Colorado Springs home. He jumped out of bed, dressed and rushed toward North Nevada Avenue, the four-lane road that bisects the Old North End neighborhood where he has lived for 20 years.
A southbound Mercedes-Benz carrying two people had crossed the raised median, struck a tree and spun into the oncoming lanes. The vehicle was estimated to be moving at about 80 mph in a 30-mph zone before the crash, Colorado Springs police reports show.
By the time Frantz arrived to check on the victims, a nurse who lived nearby had already called 911 and begun CPR on the passenger, a 17-year-old girl whose unresponsive body other neighbors had helped to turn over. Police accompanied the driver, a 16-year-old boy, to the hospital. The girl died at the scene…