I-70 Closes Again Due To Deadly Crash
VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) - Eastbound Interstate 70 was closed again Friday.
Traffic was shutdown to clean up after an accident on Thursday. State Patrol offered Highway 24 to Highway 91 as an alternate route.
I70 EB closed at Vail (exit 176) for crash clean up on Vail Pass. Alt. Route Hwy 24 to Hwy 91. pic.twitter.com/K411h3TPmA
— CSP Eagle (@CSP_Eagle) September 22, 2017
The highway closed Thursday evening due to a crash on Vail Pass after a semi lost control and went across all lanes of traffic before traveling downhill and catching fire.
The driver from California died on the scene.
The interstate was closed until nearly 9:30 p.m., but it needed to be closed again Friday morning for additional clean up.
It has since been re-opened.
Friday, paramedics who checked on the driver said they had to rappel almost 200 feet to reach the cab.