More details emerge regarding I-70 crash that killed 1, injured 8, including youth hockey team members

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One person was killed and eight people were injured Thursday morning after a snow plow lost control on Interstate 70 and crashed through the median into oncoming traffic, hitting two vehicles and a van carrying a youth hockey team.

The plow then hit a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van carrying a girl’s hockey team from Santa Clarita, California, sending the van down an embankment. The van driver died at the scene. Three adult and four juvenile van passengers were taken to Denver Health by ambulance, hospital officials said in a statement.

A fifth juvenile passenger was airlifted to a separate trauma center with critical injuries, according to the state patrol. No other injuries were reported.



All four children taken to Denver Health were discharged or in the process of being discharged as of Thursday evening, hospital officials said. Two adults are in serious condition and one is in fair condition. An update on the child who was airlifted was not available Thursday evening.

Read more from Lauren Penington and Katie Langford at DenverPost.com.

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