Mother, Son Critically Injured After Crashing Into Aurora Retention Pond

Aurora Police are investigating an early morning crash in which a mother and son were critically injured after the SUV they occupied ended up in a retention pond on Aurora’s Far West side.

The 4:56 a.m. crash occurred on Edgelawn Drive, just north of Sullivan Road. According to the preliminary investigation, the 31-year-old woman was driving a 2003 GMC Envoy which was also occupied by her 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter, eastbound out of the parking lot of an industrial business at 1700 N. Edgelawn.

She collided with a Scion sedan driven by a 35-year-old man that was headed northbound on Edgelawn and waiting to turn into the same parking lot. The Envoy continued eastbound after the collision and ended up in the retention pond about 50 yards off shore.

An Aurora Police officer was first on-scene and saw the little girl in the water trying to stay afloat. He proceeded to swim to the SUV which was totally submerged, and rescued the girl.

He was assisted in pulling her to shore by another officer and a witness who had both arrived on scene shortly thereafter. She is currently being treated at an Aurora hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

An Aurora Fire Department Dive Team was able to pull the boy out of the vehicle at about 5:27 a.m. and the woman at about 5:40 a.m. Both are being treated at suburban hospitals for life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Scion received non-life threatening injuries and is also being treated at an Aurora hospital.

The SUV was pulled out of the water at about 6:15 a.m.

All of the parties involved are Aurora residents.

A cause of the crash is not known and is currently under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed it is asked to call Aurora Police Traffic investigators at 630-256-5330.