A semi rolled over in a curve on Interstate 70 in Garfield County Wednesday night, spilling a load of 38-foot steel pipes into the oncoming lanes and killing two people.
The accident happened before 8 p.m., when a Freightliner driven by Kenneth K. Muchiri, 55, of Houston was headed west on an elevated portion of the freeway, when the truck rolled on its side, spilling four of the massive pipes down the hill.
The pipes hit another semi, a Toyota Tacoma and a Subaru Legacy going east.
The driver of the truck, Stanley Nichols, 44, of Fountain, and Samantha Middlebrooks, 21, of Vancouver, Wash., a passenger in the Tacoma were killed.
Muchiri and the driver of the Tacoma, Jonathon Middlebrooks, 29, of Vancouver, Wash., sustained moderate injuries and were taken to Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs.
Randy L. Behr, 33, of Avon the driver of the Subaru Legacy, was unhurt.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
