Tag: interstate 70
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Mudslide and flooding close I-70 and roads in western Colorado
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — A mudslide closed both directions of Interstate 70 in western Colorado Monday night. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office closed both directions of I-70 between Exit 97 near Silt and Exit 105 near New Castle. The interstate was still closed, as of 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. County Road 214 (Peach…
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Road rage drivers stop in traffic on I-70 in Wheat Ridge to fight, video shows
Two drivers last week were caught on video stopping their cars in the middle of Interstate 70 in Wheat Ridge to fight one another. The video, posted Friday by Wheat Ridge police, shows an incident that took place Wednesday near the W 32nd Avenue intersection on I-70. The dash cam footage from an 18-wheeler first…
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I-70 reopened after crash involving about 70 vehicles
Interstate 70 reopened Tuesday night after a crash involving approximately 70 vehicles just east of the Eisenhower Tunnel, Colorado State Patrol Said. In a news release just before 5 p.m., Colorado State Patrol said that 19 people were being taken to the hospital with varying injuries from the crash, and that there have been no…
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A day after fatal I-70 crash, girls’ hockey team wins emotional Colorado tournament game
A California girls’ hockey team has stolen the hearts of Colorado’s Front Range. Barely 24 hours after a fatal crash on Interstate 70 killed the father of one player and sent passengers to the hospital Thursday, the players decided to play on Friday morning. They won their first game. And, later on Friday, they won…
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Van carrying hockey team crashes with CDOT plow, driver dead
The driver of a van carrying a hockey team from California died Thursday morning after a Colorado Department of Transportation snow plow crashed into it, and several other cars, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Eight others in the van, including four children and three adults, were taken to Denver Health by ambulance after the…
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I-70 manhunt, Westminster park shooting suspect arrested, police say
The subject of a police manhunt that closed Interstate 70 for several hours was arrested Tuesday afternoon, police said. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Kenny Espinoza, was also wanted in connection with a police shooting that took place near Wolff Run Park in Westminster Saturday morning, the Westminster Police Department said on social media Tuesday.…
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Multiple pile-up crashes snarl I-70 in Colorado amid low visibility, icy conditions
A busy Thanksgiving weekend with extended family became busier for motorists along Interstate 70 on Sunday after two crashes caused massive pile-ups along Colorado’s primary east-west thoroughfare. No injuries have been reported in both crashes, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release. Snowfall across western portions of the I-70 corridor has caused low visibility…
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Westbound I-70 closed in the mountains
Westbound Interstate 70 was closed at Georgetown because of unsafe driving conditions Wednesday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. “Best option is to stay in Denver,” State Patrol said late in the afternoon on X, formerly known as Twitter. Eastbound lanes of I-70 were closed at the Eisenhower Tunnel because of a crash east of…
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Idaho Springs’ new golden opportunity: scenic gondola and ‘world-class’ mountain biking
In early 2018 from her home in Idaho Springs, Mary Jane Loevlie was enjoying wine with a neighbor and looking up the mountainside from the Argo Mill and Tunnel, the historic tourist destination she owns. “Out of the blue, I said, ‘Gosh, I wonder if we could put a gondola up there,” Loevlie said. More…
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Dust storm, fatal crash close I-70 between Aurora and Kansas
The Colorado State Patrol closed both directions of Interstate 70 between Aurora and the Kansas border because of a dust storm caused by high winds and multiple accidents. Wind gusts as high as 70 mph have been recorded across the eastern Plains sending debris and dust into the air and making conditions “almost impossible to…