Driver involved in Aurora fiery car crash identified
Grandmother critically injured after her vehicle is hit
The Arapahoe County Coroner has identified the man who careened through Aurora city streets at 100 miles per hour on Monday, slamming into vehicles and terrifying drivers.
Rohan Biswas, 26, ran a red light and hit three vehicles including one carrying a family of six and a police car before he was partially ejected from his Tesla and died at the scene, according to the Aurora Police Department.
Biswas had no criminal history, but he did have a history of risky driving in Colorado, according to court documents. In 2017, court records show that he ran a red light and made an improper turn, and that same year, he was cited for reckless driving, plus driving without a license. Last year he received a ticket for speeding too fast for the conditions.
Halo traffic light video from Monday night around 8 p.m. shows Biswas speed through a red light in the area of East Alameda Parkway and South Quintero Way — near Buckley Space Force Base. Aurora police clocked the car traveling westbound on Alameda Parkway going 97 mph, according to a news release from the department.
An officer attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver accelerated. Per department policy, the officer did not provide chase.
The driver then ran a red light at South Airport Boulevard and crashed into a northbound vehicle that had the right of way at the light, police said.
The car spun and hit two other vehicles, including another Aurora police cruiser. Biswas was partially thrown from the vehicle as it came to a stop. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A family of six was in one of the vehicles hit when Biswas ran the red light. Irma Herrera said that her mother had a head injury and is still in the hospital. Three of the children in the car, including Herrera’s son, had broken bones and bruised lungs from the impact of the collision.
Allison Milano, who lives nearby, told The Denver Gazette’s news partner 9NEWS that she heard a “deep, cannon-like boom” when the accident happened and said the Tesla was on fire and smoking after the accident.
A GoFundMe has been established to help pay the family’s medical bills.
This story was written with the help of Denver Gazette reporter Sage Kelley and Denver Gazette City Editor Dennis Huspeni.





