Pickup driver who died in fiery crash on I-70 hit semi-truck parked on shoulder, Colorado State Patrol says
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A two-vehicle crash that closed part of Interstate 70 Thursday, paralyzing holiday traffic for hours, occurred when the driver of a 2021 Ram 3000 pickup truck driving west weaved onto the shoulder and struck the rear of a parked semi-truck, the Colorado State Patrol said.
The crash was at mile marker 218 near the Eisenhower Tunnel just after 1 p.m. The Ram, which was hauling a trailer, spun and rolled once before bursting into flames, CSP Trooper Sherri Mendez said in an email Friday.
The driver of the Ram truck, a 40-year-old man, and a dog riding with him died. Mendez said the semi driver, a 62-year-old man from Virginia, wasn’t injured.
The interstate was closed for hours in both directions, between exit 205 at Dillon and Silverthorne and exit 216 at Loveland Pass.
Mendez said she didn’t know where the pickup driver was from. More information about him will be released by the Summit County coroner.
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