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DENVER (KDVR) — Investigators say a 32-year-old man may have been intoxicated on Oct. 17 when he hit three other vehicles, killing one person and injuring two others and himself. Cesar Hernandez-Sanchez, 32, was arrested and now faces 15 charges in connection with a crash on Highway 85 just after 7 p.m. on Oct. 17. The Wheat Ridge Police Department says that preliminary information on the crash shows the car was headed west when it crossed over the dirt median and entered the eastbound lanes, hitting three cars. The roadway was closed for hours as police investigated and cleared the wreckage. One person was killed, and two others sustained serious bodily injury but are expected to be OK. Hernandez-Sanchez was also seriously injured in the incident and was released from the hospital on Thursday, Oct. 23. After he was discharged, he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail. The First Judicial District Attorney's Office charged Hernandez-Sanchez with two counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of vehicular assault, and one count each of: Hernandez-Sanchez is also facing seven traffic citations, which are: The police department said that its partners at Victim Outreach Incorporated have been in touch with the victim's family.
