DENVER -- A woman is dead and three other people were injured, one critically, when an ambulance and a car collided at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and York Street early Tuesday morning.

The ambulance running "hot" with its lights and sirens blaring was headed westbound on Martin Luther King when a Cadillac going north at a high rate of speed blew through on York Street, police said. The impact sent the two vehicles through a bus stop, across a sidewalk and into the front yard of a home.

A woman critically injured in the 3 a.m. crash later died at Denver Health Medical Center, said Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson.

The coroner's office identified her as 28-year-old Rochelle Hope. She died of multiple blunt force injuries, said Michelle Weiss-Samaras.

The Cadillac rolled over and ended up on its roof, trapping the driver inside. He had to be cut out of the wreckage. He was listed in critical condition at Denver Health Medical Center, said Dee Martinez, a hospital spokeswoman.

Denver police accident investigator J.L. Huff told reporters that the driver of the Cadillac was suspected of being drunk.

"He's so drunk and out of it that he didn't even know he was driving," Huff said.

Investigators believe Hope was waiting for a bus, or possibly walking on the sidewalk at the time of the crash.

"I'm going to miss that smile," said Carol Harrison, Hope’s mother, Tuesday.

Harrison told 7NEWS reporter Lane Lyon her daughter had something on her mind and may have been attempting to walk to her grandfather’s home, where Harrison was staying.

"When I heard the news this morning, my first thought was, ‘Oh, I hope that wasn't my daughter,’" Harrison said.

Harrison said she was angered to hear the driver of the car may have been drinking and driving.

"I honestly felt maybe he should have been the one that died and not my daughter," Harrison said.

Police spokesperson Sonny Jackson said whether the driver was intoxicated remains under investigation.

The two paramedics inside the ambulance were taken to Denver Health Medical Center. The driver of the ambulance, Tom Kacan, was in fair condition. His partner, Marsha Davis, was treated and released.

"There was no one in the back of the ambulance, they were on their way to pick up," said Jackson.

Another ambulance was immediately dispatched from Denver Health and responded to the original call for emergency medical assistance.

Denver police told hospital officials that paramedics were not at fault as the car was speeding and failed to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle. Kacan has been with the Denver Health Paramedic Division since July 2007. He has not had any driving violations since his employment at Denver Health.

Davis has been a Denver Health Paramedic since February 2006.

The driver of the car, whose identity has not been released by police, is being held for investigation for vehicular homicide.

Residents said the intersection is notorious for car crashes.

“We have a wreck at least once a week on this corner,” said neighbor Virginia Turner.

Thirty-eight crashes have been reported at the same corner over the past five and a half years, or an average of seven per year, said Ann Williams, spokesperson for Denver Public Works.

Williams said around five crashes per year involve more serious right angle accidents, otherwise known as T-Bone crashes.

Traffic engineers consider the number “modest” compared to other parts of the city, Williams said.