DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A suspected stolen vehicle was involved in the deadly three-crash Monday near Franktown that killed five people, including three children, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) said Tuesday morning.

A 31-year-old man out of Denver was driving a Toyota Matrix hatchback, which was reported stolen to the Aurora Police Department on Monday around 3:30 p.m. The driver was not believed to have been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to CSP.

He lost control of the hatchback driving southbound on Highway 83 and veered off the right shoulder, then over corrected, traveling into oncoming northbound traffic.

That's when the driver of the Toyota hit a Ford Fusion sedan.

A 35-year-old man out of Colorado Springs was behind the wheel of the Ford Fusion. He had

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