A Colorado teenager has confessed to causing a deadly car accident after reportedly speeding through a red light at over 120 mph in a zone where the limit was only 40 mph.

Olvin Lidenis Carcamo-Meza, aged 19, admitted to two counts of first-degree assault with enhancements for violent crime, according to The Denver Post article. He was initially charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.

The victims, as identified by Denver’s Fox affiliate KDVR, were 37-year-old Maira Zapata Ramirez and her 16-year-old daughter.

The crash occurred on July 20, 2025, around 2:45 a.m. Carcamo-Meza was driving near South Airport Boulevard and East Alameda Avenue in Aurora, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The victims were reportedly returning home from an early morning job delivering newspapers.

According to the Aurora Police Department statement, Carcamo-Meza was at the wheel of a black Audi sedan on South Airport Boulevard when he ran a red light and collided with a white Hyundai sedan carrying the victims, who were traveling west on Alameda Avenue. A Toyota sedan, stationary in a turn lane, was also struck.

While the driver of the Toyota suffered only minor injuries, the two occupants of the Hyundai were pronounced dead at the scene. Carcamo-Meza sustained serious injuries but they were not life-threatening, and he was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The defendant was arrested upon his release from the hospital days later.

Authorities investigated the crash and considered speed to be a likely cause, but did “not suspect drugs or alcohol” as factors.

Police said Carcamo-Meza was driving 121 mph in a 40 mph zone when he sped through the red light and hit the Hyundai, per The Post. In addition to nullifying the vehicular homicide charges, the defendant’s plea deal also reportedly dismissed a charge of child abuse causing death.

Carcamo-Meza is scheduled to be sentenced on June 1. He faces up to 40 years in prison.