Colorado State Patrol releases details on I-70 crash that injured 9, shut down eastbound traffic for over 6 hours

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 shut down from about noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, as crews cleaned up and investigated a crash that occurred near Georgetown at mile point 228. The closure stretched from Georgetown to exit 205 in Silverthorne, leading officials to also close U.S. Highway 6 from near Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to its intersection with Interstate 70 on the east side of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels. A Colorado State Patrol news release from Nov. 13 detailed the crash, stating two Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office vehicles with lights and sirens engaged were moving through eastbound traffic that had slowed or stopped as drivers attempted to take exit 228 to Georgetown. A Freightliner Cascadia semi traveling eastbound lost control and hit the rear of one of the Sheriff’s Office vehicles. The Freightliner continued eastbound and hit a Toyota Tacoma, a Range Rover, a Silverado and the other Sheriff’s Office vehicle.

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