Drunk Driver Hit 3 Cars on the Highway Then Drove Straight Through a Colorado Family’s House

It was 11:38 PM on a Friday night. The Luevano family was inside their home on E. 54th Avenue in Commerce City, Colorado.

Saul Luevano’s little daughter was eating something near the back of the house.

Then a truck came through the wall.

The Night It Happened

It started on I-270. A man driving a truck hit three other cars on the highway before losing control completely, leaving the roadway, and crashing into the home at the 6300 block of E. 54th Avenue.

The truck did not stop at the wall. It came through the back of the house, tore through the laundry room and kitchen, and stopped inside the living room.

According to the Commerce City Police Department and South Adams County Fire Department, the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. He is now facing multiple charges, including DUI.

Evelyn Luevano, who lives there with her parents and two siblings, needed stitches in her arm. Her younger sister was two feet from where the truck came through.

“My little daughter was eating something and she was like two feet away from the truck,” homeowner Saul Luevano said.

“This is a place we called home,” Evelyn said. “We’re just trying to collect ourselves as a family and doing the best we can to get back to normal life.”

This Was Not the Only Home Hit That Weekend

Less than two hours after the Commerce City crash, a different driver in Lakewood hit a family’s garage near South Sheridan Boulevard. He smashed through, reversed into a power pole, and sped off. A neighbor’s security camera caught everything.

That homeowner reached out to local reporters asking for attention on speeding in the area. He said drivers regularly use his street to avoid traffic on Sheridan, and that several neighbors had raised this concern for years.

Two homes. One night. Two Denver metro families left picking up the pieces.

It is not an isolated pattern either. Just days earlier in Steelton, Pennsylvania, a late-night crash took down two power poles and sent a vehicle dangerously close to a nearby home, with the driver trapped inside until emergency crews arrived.

And in San Tan Valley, Arizona, things escalated even further when an SUV crashed straight through a home and the resident inside opened fire. What starts as a road incident does not always stay on the road.

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Why This Matters

This is bigger than one bad night on I-270.

In 2025, Colorado recorded 236 traffic deaths involving impaired drivers, a 9.7% increase from the year before, according to Colorado Department of Transportation data.

That is out of 715 total traffic fatalities statewide. Colorado’s impaired driving death rate sits at 34% of all traffic deaths, above the national average of 30%.

The Commerce City crash happened at 11:38 PM, right in the window when impaired driving citations spike the most across the state: between 10 PM and 2 AM.

This kind of crash is also part of a wider national pattern. Earlier this month in Katy, Texas, a vehicle crashed into a home and killed a woman who was simply sitting in her own living room. Different state, different circumstances, same terrifying reality for the families involved.

A family’s kitchen wall should not be the last line of defense against a driver who should not have been on the road.

Key Takeaways

• The crash happened June 19, 2026, at 11:38 PM on I-270 in Commerce City
• The truck hit three vehicles on the highway before crashing into a home on E. 54th Avenue
• Evelyn Luevano needed stitches; her younger sister was two feet from the truck’s entry point
• The driver faces multiple charges including DUI
• A second home was hit in Lakewood the same night, less than two hours later
• Colorado saw 236 impaired driving deaths in 2025, up 9.7% from 2024

What would actually make a difference here? Stricter DUI penalties, more checkpoints, better road design near residential neighborhoods? Drop your honest take in the comments. Genuinely want to know what people think needs to change.

Wrapping Up

The Luevano family is salvaging what they can from a kitchen and laundry room that no longer have a back wall. Across town, another family is doing the same thing.

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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. All details are based on publicly available reports at the time of publication. The investigation remains ongoing.