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Engine separated from car in Lakewood crash, driver in critical condition

Engine separated from body in Lakewood crash (photo from West Metro Fire)

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — The engine of a car was completely separated from the body of the car after a single-vehicle crash on US 285 early Sunday morning.

Police responded to the scene on the Kipling overpass around 5 a.m. The engine of the car was approximately 200 feet away from the body of the car, police said.

The driver of the car was extracted by firefighters and transported to the hospital in critical condition.

Lakewood Police are investigating the incident.