Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff and down a steep Colorado hillside, leaving their families and community grappling with an unimaginable loss just as a new school year begins.The five boys, all from Grand Junction, were traveling along Lookout Lane late Saturday when their vehicle veered off the roadway and went down the steep incline, according to authorities.Three of the teenagers, including the driver and front-seat passenger, were wearing seat belts, while the other two were not buckled in and were ejected from the vehicle, the Mesa County Coroner's Office said.SILICON VALLEY DEVELOPER ACCUSED OF MURDER AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY TESLA REACHED 142 MPH BEFORE FATAL CRASHGrand Junction police and fire crews responded near Lookout Lane after a vehicle plunged down a steep hillside, killing five 17-year-old boys.(Grand Junction Police Department)All five died from injuries sustained in the crash.Authorities were not alerted to the wreck until approximately 7:45 a.m.
Sunday, when 911 dispatchers received a report that a vehicle may have gone over the edge of a cliff, according to the Grand Junction Police Department.Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside.Speed is being investigated as a possible factor, police said.Authorities have not publicly identified the driver or said what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway.MISSOURI SKYDIVING PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED ALL 12 ABOARD IS A 'DEVASTATING LOSS,' COMPANY SAYSFirst responders work along the steep hillside near Lookout Lane following a crash that killed five 17-year-old boys in Grand Junction, Colorado.
(Grand Junction Police Department)The coroner's office said it would not release the teenagers' names because of its policy against publicly identifying minors.Though the teens have been identified by families and loved ones as those in the Grand Junction community share memories and rally around those left behind.One o...