A 20-year-old Colorado woman died Wednesday night after a rock was thrown at her vehicle. Local law enforcement has been investigating his death and a series of similar incidents since Wednesday night.
Around 10:45 p.m. local time, Alexa Bartell was driving in Jefferson County when the suspects, believed to be in a vehicle or possibly on the side of a road, threw a large rock at Bartell’s car, she said Thursday the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The rock went through the windshield and hit her, killing her, the sheriff’s office said.
Bartell was on the phone with a friend when she was hit, according to the sheriff’s office. The phone went silent, but Bartell’s friend was able to find her by tracking the phone, police said. The friend found Bartell fatally wounded in her car, which had gone off the road and into a field, the sheriff’s office said.
Bartell was from Arvada, Colorado.
Jefferson County
According to authorities, there were several other incidents late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning in which rocks were thrown at vehicles. No other incidents were fatal.
At 22:04 in Westminster, a rock was thrown through a windscreen. The driver was not injured.
Two more incidents occurred about half an hour later, both in Boulder County near the Rock Creek neighborhood. At 10:36 p.m., another stone was thrown through a windshield, causing minor injuries to the car driver. A minute later, at 10:37 p.m., a stone was thrown at the body of a Toyota, causing bodily damage to the vehicle but no injuries to the driver.
The fatal incident involving Bartell happened about eight minutes later.
The latest incident happened more than an hour and a half later in Arvada, where a rock was again thrown through a windshield, causing minor injuries to the driver.
Police said the suspects may be driving a “light-colored pickup truck or SUV.”
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said it is working with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Arvada Police and Westminster Police to investigate. They believe there could be more victims.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the location of Arvada.
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Kerry Breen
