Tag: I-76
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Truck explosion near I-76, bystanders pull driver from the fire
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A truck traveling on Interstate 76 crashed and exploded Sunday night, according to Adams County Fire Rescue. At around 9:30 p.m., Adams County and Westminster fire crews responded to the vehicle fire near I-76 and Tennyson Street. The truck was traveling at a high speed…
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Bicyclist dead following Tuesday morning I-76 crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 were closed in Arvada Tuesday morning following a fatal crash near Sheridan Boulevard. The crash led to an hours-long eastbound closure of I-76 between Sheridan and Wadsworth boulevards. Around 7:30 a.m., a tow truck and a front loader arrived at…
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$88 million in federal funding to improve I-76 and US 160
The U.S. Department of Transportation approved $88 million in funding for repairs and safety improvements to two important Colorado highways, Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday. The projects are for improvements to US 160 in La Plata County between Durango and Bayfield, and reconstruction and bridge replacements on I-76 in Morgan County between Fort Morgan and…
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Congresswoman seeks answers on Commerce City train derailment
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U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo wants answers from BNSF about why a freight train derailed near the active SunCor Refinery in June. The incident happened more than two weeks ago and there’s still little information as to what happened, according to the Thornton Democrat. Caraveo wrote a letter to BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer noting…
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Armed 33-year-old man fatally shot by Jefferson County deputy
A 33-year-old man was fatally shot by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy Thursday afternoon, the sheriff’s office announced. Deputies said the shooting happened just before 12:30 p.m. on the eastbound Interstate 76 off-ramp at Sheridan Boulevard, in Arvada. The incident began when a driver called 911 to report a man standing next to a motorcycle…
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Deadly I-76 crash possibly caused by fatigue, drug use during cross-country road trip: Police
The car crash on Interstate 76 that killed two people and injured two others Saturday might have been caused by fatigue and drug use, the Brighton Police Department said Tuesday. Police said investigators believe it was a single-vehicle crash with no one else involved. The four occupants of the vehicle were driving through Brighton while…
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Pedestrian killed after being hit by vehicle on I-76 in Wheat Ridge
A man was killed Monday night after he has hit by a vehicle on Interstate 76, the Wheat Ridge Police Department announced. Police said the collision happened at 9:15 p.m. on eastbound I-76 near Marshall Street. The man was walking on the side of the interstate when a passing vehicle struck him, causing fatal injuries,…