Suspected Drunken Driver Arrested on Vehicular Homicide in Fatal Lakewood Crash

Overview

• Police say the two-car collision occurred just before 4:50 a.m. on Nov. 30 at Kipling Parkway and W. Sixth Avenue Frontage Road in Lakewood.
• A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle that was hit died days later at a hospital and will be identified by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.
• The at-fault driver, 20-year-old Ella Cromwell, was arrested that day on suspicion of vehicular assault, reckless driving, DUI, and minor in possession of alcohol, and the case now includes vehicular homicide.
• Investigators report that people were ejected from both cars and that speed and alcohol are believed to have contributed, though the total number of injuries remains unclear.
• Lakewood police disclosed the crash and arrest nine days later without immediately explaining the delay, and a separate nearby school bus crash later injured 15 and remains under investigation.