Mother and daughter heading home after delivering newspapers crushed by Audi driver speeding through red light at 121 mph

A teen successful Colorado has admitted responsibility successful a fatal car crash wherever authorities accidental helium ran a reddish airy going much than 120 mph successful a 40 mph zone.

Olvin Lidenis Carcamo-Meza, 19, pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of first-degree assault with convulsive transgression enhancements, The Denver Post reported. The suspect antecedently faced 2 charges of vehicular homicide.

The victims were identified by Denver Fox affiliate KDVR arsenic 37-year-old Maira Zapata Ramirez and her 16-year-old daughter.

On July 20, 2025, astatine astir 2:45 a.m., Carcamo-Meza was driving successful the country of South Airport Boulevard and East Alameda Avenue successful Aurora, Colorado, a metropolis conscionable eastbound of Denver. Zapata Ramirez and her girl were reportedly heading location astatine the extremity of an aboriginal greeting displacement delivering newspapers.

Carcamo-Meza was driving a achromatic Audi sedan connected South Airport Boulevard "when helium failed to halt for a reddish light, striking a achromatic Hyundai sedan occupied by the 2 victims that was traveling westbound connected Alameda Avenue," the Aurora Police Department said. Another car — a Toyota sedan — was besides deed arsenic it sat stopped successful a crook lane.

Though the Toyota operator "sustained insignificant injuries," the pistillate and miss successful the Hyundai sedan were declared dormant astatine the scene. Carcamo-Meza himself suffered "serious" but "non-life-threatening injuries" and was taken to a section hospital.

The suspect was arrested upon his merchandise from the infirmary days later.

Authorities investigated the clang and considered velocity to beryllium a apt cause, but did "not fishy drugs oregon alcohol" arsenic factors.

Police said Carcamo-Meza was driving 121 mph successful a 40 mph portion erstwhile helium sped done the reddish airy and deed the Hyundai, per The Post. In summation to nullifying the vehicular homicide charges, the defendant's plea woody besides reportedly dismissed a complaint of kid maltreatment causing death.

Carcamo-Meza is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected June 1. He faces up to 40 years successful prison.