Editor's note: Earlier versions of this story reported that one person was found shot in a picku p truck involved in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 24, according to Gazette news partner KOAA and sourced to the Colorado State Patrol. State Patrol said shortly after 3 p.m. that they did not confirm whether or not someone was found shot.

A three-vehicle crash Tuesday on U.S. 24 near Falcon has led to a homicide investigation into the cause of death of a passenger who was reportedly dead prior to the wreck.

Just after 8 a.m., police received a call about a crash on U.S. 24 between Woodmen Road and Judge Orr Road in unincorporated El Paso County. The call indicated that a passenger in a pickup truck hauling a trailer was either "seriously injured or deceased," said Cassandra Sebastian, a s

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