The investigation into the car crash that killed Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter will take weeks, with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office reporting Monday that she had been involved in one of two wrecks that happened near each other on Interstate 25.

A memorial service for Winter will be held at 2 p.m. Friday on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol.

The Wednesday crash was first reported as a five-vehicle pile-up on northbound Interstate 25 near Dry Creek Road. However, investigators determined there were two wrecks involving five vehicles, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

The wrecks occurred around 6 p.m. Wednesday “in close proximity to each other,” the release stated. The first wreck involved two vehicles, and the second involved three.

Winter was killed in the sec

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