A 17-year-old boy was killed in a crash late Thursday morning when another driver rear-ended the vehicle he was in on Highway 385 in Kit Carson County, Colorado State Patrol confirmed in a press release. The crash happened roughly 1.5 miles north of Burlington.

According to CSP, the crash happened close to 11:45 a.m. when the 17-year-old was sitting in the backseat of a Ford Focus stopped northbound and waiting to make a left turn onto Kit Carson County Road. There were four other teenage boys in the car when a 21-year-old woman driving a Jeep rear-ended the Ford, sending both vehicles into a field near the intersection.

The 17-year-old died at the scene of crash, and two other teen passengers had to be airlifted to Denver-area hospitals -- one with critical, the other serious injuries.

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