One dead, officer injured, after overnight head-on crash in Westminster

(Photo: Channel 2 KWGN/Vicky Evans)
(Photo: Channel 2 KWGN/Vicky Evans)

WESTMINSTER, CO – A driver is dead and a police officer is injured after a head-on crash overnight in the Denver suburb of Westminster.

It happened at 88th and Federal. Police say an officer was responding to an emergency call when a driver turned in front of the squad car. The two vehicles collided, and a male driving the sedan was killed. The officer was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay.

The intersection will be closed for several hours.