A fiery crash that shut down Interstate 70 in Vail on Wednesday concerned two semi-trailers, an officer with the Vail police division has confirmed.
Sergeant Rebecca Anderson responded to the accident and mentioned whereas it’s nonetheless underneath investigation, it seems that one semi-trailer was stopped in visitors, headed eastbound, when it was hit from behind by one other semi-trailer.
“The tractor of the semi which hit the stopped semi instantly began on hearth,” Anderson mentioned. “The hearth then unfold to the trailer on the identical semi.”
The incident came about simply after 6 p.m., shutting down I-70 for greater than two hours whereas crews labored to include the blaze. By 6:19 p.m., each the westbound and eastbound lanes of the interstate have been shut down together with South Frontage Highway in Vail. South Frontage Highway reopened at 7:06 p.m., permitting visitors to journey east on South Frontage Highway to detour across the closure.
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