I-70 westbound reopens following 7-vehicle crash
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2:20 p.m.: Interstate 70 westbound reopened around 2:15 p.m.
12:15 p.m.: A seven-vehicle crash near mile marker 188 has shut down westbound Interstate 70 between Copper Mountain and Vail Pass, according to Trooper Hunter Mathews, a public information officer with Colorado State Patrol.
One of the vehicles involved is a semi, while another is a box truck, Mathews said, and two people have been transported to a hospital.
The shutdown is expected to be an extended closure, according to Colorado State Patrol.
Traffic is being detoured south on Colorado Highway 91 to U.S. Highway 24.
Original story: Westbound Interstate 70 is closed between Exit 195 and Exit 190, due to a multi-vehicle crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
There is no estimated time of reopening at this time.
This story will be updated.
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