Teen Had Just Moved to Lakewood Weeks Prior to Tragedy
Two Lakewood teenagers were walking on the sidewalk when they were struck by a woman who may have been intoxicated on prescription drugs, police in Lakewood said.
Robbie Fehlman, 14, and a friend who is also 14 were struck by a vehicle driven by Rhonda Romero, 40, at about 5 P.M. Fehlman was killed by the collision.
Rhonda Romero was driving northbound on South Garrison street near West Baltic Avenue when she apparently ran off the road and struck the two teenagers from behind. She was charged with one count of vehicular homicide and one count of careless driving. Romero remains incarcerated in the Jefferson County Jail.
"We believe prescription medication may have played a role in the accident, so we're investigating that angle," said Lakewood Police Sgt. Randy McNitt.
The mother of Fehlman's friend, who was also struck by the vehicle but sustained non-life threatening injuries, deplored the situation. "If she was on some kind of medication I would just like her to know my son is extremely traumatized by this and lost a friend that he really clicked with and really liked. Our lives, and Robbie's family's lives are changed forever."
Robbie Fehlman had just recently relocated to Lakewood with his mother, who was planning on reuniting her son with his 25 year old sister. He had recently graduated 8th grade in Elgin, IL and was a star athlete who intended on playing varsity football this fall.
Fehlman's mother Mary lamented the circumstances surrounding her son's premature death on her Facebook page: "That's what's killing me - he was on the cusp of a great future and he (and us) have been royally cheated. I'm trying to remember him as I last saw him alive, going out the door with his backpack slung over his shoulder, excited with his pizza and movie plans for the evening. My only consolation is that he's now with Dave making up for the time that he missed out on."
Dave Fehlman, Robbie's father, passed away five years ago.
If you are injured in an pedestrian auto accident, or any car accident in the greater Denver area, please call The Law Offices of Robert Paysinger at (303) 279-0221 for a free initial consultation. We help injured people - It's all we do!
Sources: Teen Killed In Deadly Crash Recently Moved To Lakewood, Former Elgin boy killed in Colorado
Rhonda Romero was driving northbound on South Garrison street near West Baltic Avenue when she apparently ran off the road and struck the two teenagers from behind. She was charged with one count of vehicular homicide and one count of careless driving. Romero remains incarcerated in the Jefferson County Jail.
"We believe prescription medication may have played a role in the accident, so we're investigating that angle," said Lakewood Police Sgt. Randy McNitt.
The mother of Fehlman's friend, who was also struck by the vehicle but sustained non-life threatening injuries, deplored the situation. "If she was on some kind of medication I would just like her to know my son is extremely traumatized by this and lost a friend that he really clicked with and really liked. Our lives, and Robbie's family's lives are changed forever."
Robbie Fehlman had just recently relocated to Lakewood with his mother, who was planning on reuniting her son with his 25 year old sister. He had recently graduated 8th grade in Elgin, IL and was a star athlete who intended on playing varsity football this fall.
Fehlman's mother Mary lamented the circumstances surrounding her son's premature death on her Facebook page: "That's what's killing me - he was on the cusp of a great future and he (and us) have been royally cheated. I'm trying to remember him as I last saw him alive, going out the door with his backpack slung over his shoulder, excited with his pizza and movie plans for the evening. My only consolation is that he's now with Dave making up for the time that he missed out on."
Dave Fehlman, Robbie's father, passed away five years ago.
If you are injured in an pedestrian auto accident, or any car accident in the greater Denver area, please call The Law Offices of Robert Paysinger at (303) 279-0221 for a free initial consultation. We help injured people - It's all we do!
Sources: Teen Killed In Deadly Crash Recently Moved To Lakewood, Former Elgin boy killed in Colorado
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