2nd Suspect In Fatal Westminster Crash Arrested
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) - Police in Westminster have arrested a 19-year-old man who escaped earlier this week after he and another man allegedly stole a pickup truck and caused a fatal crash as they were trying to drive away from officers.
Ignacio Paul Daigle was arrested on Friday evening.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening and killed Jessica Holman, 33, of Thornton. Holman had been with family members and was driving to buy dinner when she was struck and killed.
Patrick Engle, 28, was allegedly in the stolen truck with Daigle and was taken into custody right after the crash.
The crash happened on Wadsworth Boulevard near Independence Drive. According to police, the owner of a Ford F-350 pickup observed his truck being stolen from 8600 block of 86th Circle. The truck owner got in another vehicle and called police while following his stolen truck going northbound on Wadsworth.
Police pursued the Ford, which then crossed the median on Wadsworth into oncoming traffic and collided with a Jeep traveling southbound.
Police arrested Daigle on the 8900 block of Hastings Way on Friday night. He was booked into the Adams County Jail.
