Early Saturday morning, police responded to a single vehicle crash in South Fort Collins, at the intersection of South College Ave. and Triangle Drive, near the Ridgewood Hills subdivision. When they arrived and found the vehicle, the driver was deceased.

According to the Fort Collins Police Department, a woman was traveling southbound on College when she struck the median in the center of the road, causing her to swerve into the oncoming lanes and ultimately drive off that side of the road and into a group of trees. Her Nissan Pathfinder came to a stop in the ravine off the east side of College.

College Ave. was closed in the area for several hours as officers worked to piece together the crash, because this wasn't reported in a typical manner.

Police were not alerted by any witnesses, nor by the driver who sadly died in the crash. Instead, 911 was auto-called by the driver's cell phone who alerted the police after it detected it was involved in a crash.

While police are still trying to determine all the factors that led to the crash, the investigation has been taken over by the FCPD's CRASH team, which stands for "Collision Reconstruction And Scene Handling."

Sgt. David Lindsay, who oversees the CRASH team said in a press release:

This is a tragic incident, and our officers remain committed to thoroughly investigating the circumstances of the crash. We are dedicated to identifying the facts so we can provide answers and bring clarity to those impacted.

This was one of several fatal crashes in the City of Fort Collins over the last handful of days.

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