I-70 west of Denver reopened after dump truck rollover, spill
A dump truck rolled over and spilled asphalt near the Lookout Mountain exit of I-70, closing all eastbound lanes for about two-and-a-half hours.
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A dump truck rolled over and spilled asphalt near the Lookout Mountain exit of I-70, closing all eastbound lanes for about two-and-a-half hours.
The seasonal roadway up to the top of the newly-renamed fourteener will not open until after Memorial Day weekend this year, May 31, and will stay open through early September.
Fire crews rushed to the scene just after 5 a.m. Tuesday after a waste disposal operator said he heard a man calling for help from inside the trash compartment.
The University of Denver said the vandalism occurred after a false emergency call was used as a distraction.
A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday for Jeremy Jacob Rocha in the deadly shooting on I-70 that stemmed from a street racing incident.
Kevin Bui pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in a plea agreement where the other 60 counts he was originally facing were dismissed.
The man arrested and charged in connection with a murder that happened nearly two years ago in Aurora was already in custody for another murder that happened in Denver.
The 52-year-old man was doing trail maintenance at the ski resort in Boulder County when the tree fell on him.
Both directions of Interstate 70 were closed in the western part of the Denver metro area after a crash involving a tanker truck that ignited a fire and one person was killed. Eastbound lanes reopened just before 4:30 p.m. and westbound lanes remained closed.
Both directions of Interstate 70 were open again Thursday night after a crash involving an SUV and a tanker truck in the breakdown lane west of the Morrison exit. One person was in the SUV and killed.
Police in Parker released a sketch of an attempted abduction suspect wanted in an incident that occurred just before 8 a.m. on May 8.
An Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect who was holding a female hostage at gunpoint against her will.
The deadly crash that shut down Interstate 70 for most of the day on Thursday also ignited a fire that spread into a culvert and underneath lanes.
The second of the three suspects arrested and accused in the rock-throwing death of Alexa Bartell appeared in court. Nicholas "Mitch" James Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to new charges.
A crash involving a semi and several vehicles shut down Highway 85 in both directions near 104th Avenue in Commerce City on Thursday. All lanes reopened by 3 p.m.