Wyoming woman charged in fatal Greeley traffic crash had suspended license and no insurance, police say

Jan. 20--Police believe the driver arrested after a Monday evening traffic crash that left one person dead had a suspended Wyoming driver's license.

According to an affidavit for the arrest of Ashley Moore, 29, police also couldn't find proof of insurance for the white 2002 Ford Taurus she was driving at the time of the crash.

Officers were called about 6 p.m. to the 100 block of 35th Avenue after Moore's car veered into southbound traffic and struck a 2015 Toyota Camry driven by Minerva Delao, 44, according to the report. Delao was uninjured, but Gerald James Sisneros, 47, who was in the passenger seat of Moore's car, was badly hurt and died about 8 p.m. Monday night, according to the Weld County Coroner's office.

Police met Moore in her hospital room where a doctor treated her for minor injuries, the affidavit stated. Officers could smell alcohol on her breath, and hospital staff told them she seemed to be on other drugs, as well. Police obtained a search warrant to test Moore's blood for the presence of alcohol and drugs. The blood draws were then to be sent to a toxicology lab for analysis.

When they talked at the hospital, Moore told officers she couldn't remember anything leading up to the crash, the affidavit stated, although she did remember Sisneros sitting in her passenger seat.

According to the affidavit, police also asked Moore to sign a form that would give them consent to see her current medical records. Moore signed it, but the doctor treating her refused to release the information because he said Moore was "intoxicated" at the time she signed.

Once she was discharged from the hospital, Moore was booked into the Weld County Jail on suspicion of five charges including vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, in addition to charges relating to her lack of a driver's license of proof of insurance.

On Thursday, the Weld District Attorney's office formally charged her with each of those five crimes. Her bond was set at $100,000.

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