Tag: I-70 Crash
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19 injured in 70-vehicle pile-up crash on Colorado’s I-70
Following the chaos of an Eisenhower tunnel-area pile-up crash that involved an estimated 70 vehicles traveling I-70 East on April 14, all related closures have been lifted. While initial reports indicated 75 to 78 vehicles were involved, an update from Colorado State Patrol has adjusted this total to “approximately 70.” Information related to injuries sustained…
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4 injured in snowy, 3-vehicle I-70 crash near Genesee Friday
Four people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck on Interstate 70 in near Genesee Friday evening. The crash, which took place just before 6 p.m., was a rear-end collision involving a Dodge Durango and Chevy Silverado, as well as the semi-truck hauling a trailer, Colorado State Patrol said in a news release.…
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1 dead in crash involving out-of-service RTD bus on I-70
A driver died after rear ending an out-of-service Regional Transportation District (RTD) bus along Interstate 70 in Denver on Monday morning. The crash took place around 6:25 a.m., and closed all westbound lanes on I-70 near Holly Street, according to RTD and the Denver Police Department. Police said the crash involved a motorist and an…
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Update: I-70 near Eisenhower Tunnel reopened after multi-vehicle crash that killed 1
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel, according to Colorado State Patrol. I-70 was closed in both directions west of Denver because of the crash that resulted in a vehicle fire, officials said. A semitrailer and a…
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Man hit, killed on I-70 while fleeing state trooper during traffic stop
A man trying to run from Colorado State Patrol troopers during a traffic stop died after a car hit him Thursday morning. Just before 2 a.m. Thursday, a trooper stopped a vehicle driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of C-470 going toward I-70, according to a CSP news release. As the trooper approached the vehicle…
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22-year-old woman hit, killed on I-70 in Aurora
A crash on I-70 in Aurora killed a 22-year-old pedestrian Wednesday night. Aurora Police Department responded to the crash just before midnight Wednesday night into Thursday morning, according to an Aurora Police Department tweet. A female pedestrian, 22, walked down the on-ramp of I-70 from Chambers Road and tried to cross I-70 when a 2023…
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Driver charged in wrong-way crash on I-70 that killed 1, injured 4
The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office filed charges in the wrong-way crash on I-70 that killed one and injured four over Thanksgiving weekend, according to a Wheat Ridge Police Department news release. The driver, Jonathan Alberto Lozoya Caldera, 29, of Arvada, was charged with vehicular homicide, three counts of vehicular assault, possession of a schedule…
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I-70 crash involving wrong-way driver kills 1, injures others
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An overnight crash on I-70 involving a vehicle driving the wrong way on the interstate killed one and seriously injured several others, the Wheat Ridge Police Department said. Police responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash around midnight Friday into Saturday morning, they said in a…
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DAs say Gov. Polis undercut justice system by reducing trucker’s 110-year prison sentence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Colorado district attorneys slammed Gov. Jared Polis in a letter, saying he undercut the justice system by reducing the 110-year prison sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos to 10 years after the truck driver was convicted…