Their names and conditions were not released.

"We suspect alcohol was involved," said Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman Heather Cobler.

A hit-and-run crash occurred at 3:18 p.m. at U.S. 85 and Highlands Ranch Parkway, she said. Fifteen minutes later and about 17 miles away, a vehicle matching the same description ran off the road at Colorado 67 near North Oak Valley Road west of Sedalia in Jarre Canyon.

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