tate Sen. Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat and the mother of two children, was killed Wednesday night in a multi-vehicle crash south of Denver.
The wreck happened about 6 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 near Dry Creek Road.
Deputy John Bartmann of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said there were three people injured and one person was killed in the five-vehicle crash. He said the cause of the wreck is under investigation.
“The cause is going to take some time to figure out,” he said.
Bartmann said he could not provide information on who was killed and injured in the crash. But The Colorado Sun learned that Winter was the person who died, which was later confirmed by her family and top Democrats at the Capitol.
Winter, 45, had a son and daughter. She was engaged to marry former state Rep. Matt Gray, a fellow Democrat.
Winter was a fierce advocate for transit and served as chair of the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker because of term limits.
