5 individuals had been injured within the multi-vehicle crash that closed Interstate 70 close to the Eisenhower Tunnel for practically eight hours earlier this week, in response to the Colorado State Patrol.
The crash occurred simply after 3 p.m. Wednesday when a semitrailer touring westbound misplaced its brakes and rear-ended one other semitrailer, sending each automobiles off the left facet of the interstate. The second truck rolled earlier than coming to relaxation on the median.
The primary truck additionally hit an eastbound Toyota RAV-4 and a Toyota Tacoma in the course of the crash. 4 individuals had been taken to the hospital and handled for minor accidents, and one particular person, the motive force of the second truck, sustained life-threatening accidents within the crash.
State troopers cited the truck driver who brought about the crash, a 57-year-old Texas man, for careless driving inflicting damage, in response to the company.
The Colorado State Patrol continues to be investigating the crash, and anybody who witnessed it however has not spoken to investigators can contact dispatch at 970-249-4392.
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