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Snow falls in Colorado mountains, westbound lanes of I-70 reopen after crash near Vail Pass Summit

Snow continued to fall in the Colorado mountains on Tuesday morning as the westbound lanes of I-70 were closed for a while near Vail Pass Summit due to a crash. The closure expired about a little more than an hour after the crash.

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Westbound lanes of I-70 were c;psed mear Vail Pass Summit. CDOT

According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, westbound lanes were closed at exit 190 near Copper Mountain at 8:20 a.m. What caused the crash is being investigated. 

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