Flags throughout Colorado will fly at half-staff on Monday to honor Colorado Division of Transportation staff Trent Umberger and Nate Jones, who have been killed when a Jeep driver crashed into them on U.S. 6 close to Palisade on Wednesday.
Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags to be lowered in remembrance of the 2 Grand Junction upkeep employees in a information launch Friday.
Umberger and Jones have been following security protocols once they parked off of the street to restore an indication, Colorado State Patrol officers stated after an preliminary investigation.
They have been eradicating an indication from the truck mattress when the motive force of a Jeep Grand Cherokee ran off the facet of the street and hit them, in accordance with CSP.
Umberger, Jones and a passenger within the Jeep, Kathi Ann Wallace of Grand Junction, died on the scene.
State patrol officers are nonetheless investigating the crash and potential costs towards the motive force, who sustained minor accidents.
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