{"id":2739,"date":"2026-01-14T01:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:47:21","slug":"dem-senator-killed-in-motor-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senator Killed In Motor Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"304\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"23\">Fatal Highway Crash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"304\">A <strong data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"60\">\u201ctragic multi-vehicle crash\u201d<\/strong> in Centennial, Colorado,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"304\"><strong data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"138\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cclaimed the life of State Senator Faith Winter\u201d<\/strong> on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"304\">The five-car collision occurred <strong data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"219\">\u201cshortly after 6 p.m.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"304\">on Interstate 25 near E Dry Creek Road, shutting down part of the highway for hours.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"601\"><strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"336\">Investigation and Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"601\">Winter was <strong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"374\">\u201cthe only fatality,\u201d<\/strong> while <strong data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"419\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cthree others sustained injuries.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"601\">Authorities have not released details on their conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"601\">Images showed <strong data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"549\">\u201can overturned truck and multiple damaged vehicles.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"601\">The roadway reopened <strong data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"601\">\u201cshortly before midnight.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"832\"><strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"628\">Public Service Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"832\">Winter, 45, began in the Colorado House in 2014 and won a Senate seat in 2018.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"832\">After redistricting, she represented <strong data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"778\">\u201cthe 25th Senate District.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"832\">She served as <strong data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"832\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cassistant Senate majority leader.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1048\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"857\">Tributes and Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1048\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Leaders called her <strong data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"912\">\u201ca dedicated public servant.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1048\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Known for work on transportation and environmental issues,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1048\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">she is survived by <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1048\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cher two children, Tobin and Sienna, and her fianc\u00e9.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatal Highway Crash A \u201ctragic multi-vehicle crash\u201d in Centennial, Colorado, \u201cclaimed the life of State Senator Faith Winter\u201d on Wednesday evening. The five-car collision occurred \u201cshortly after 6 p.m.\u201d on Interstate 25 near E Dry Creek Road, shutting down part of the highway for hours. Investigation and Response Winter was \u201cthe only fatality,\u201d while \u201cthree&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2741,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions\/2741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}