Westbound lanes reopened after tractor-trailer was dangling off Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon

Both directions of Interstate 70 were closed in Glenwood Canyon at midday due to a crash involving a semi-truck. Around 10:30 p.m., westbound lanes were reopened.

A tractor-trailer crashed late in the morning and was partially hanging off the upper deck over the lower deck. 

The closure was initially from mile marker 114 to mile marker 133. That's West Glenwood to Dotsero. 

Then CDOT reopened a 4-mile portion of westbound lanes to traffic from Exit 133 Dotsero to Exit 129 Bair Ranch. 

The Colorado State Patrol said there were two separate crashes, with the first one coming in at 11:15 a.m. involving a single tractor-trailer that rolled from mile marker 124 traveling westbound.

There were no injuries to the 28-year-old male driver from New Jersey. State troopers said the crash was weather-related and they were investigating whether he was traveling too fast for the conditions.

Diesel fuel spilled from the truck and hazmat crews were called in. That driver has been cited for careless driving.  

As traffic started to back up from that crash, two semis and two passenger vehicles collided. State troopers said those vehicles were traveling too fast for the conditions. There were minor injuries to the occupants of one of the passenger vehicles. 

All updates will continue to post to COtrip.org and the COtrip Planner app.

Around 8:30 p.m., westbound lanes of I-70 were reopened between exit 216 near Loveland Ski Area and exit 205 in Silverthorne.

CSP Golden urged truckers to stay in Denver if they are heading westbound and plan to travel I-70 because of the backups and rest areas are filling up.