Colorado State Patrol is investigating after a driver heading the wrong way on U.S. Highway 50 in Pueblo caused a fatal head-on crash, officials said.
Colorado State Patrol spokesman Nate Reid said troopers responded to a traffic complaint of a Ford Ranger going the wrong direction on Colorado State Highway 45.
The driver then got onto Highway 50, going westbound in the eastbound lanes with no headlights, Reid said.
A mile west of Pueblo Boulevard, Reid said the Ford Ranger driver struck a four-door sedan head on, killing the sedan driver.
The driver of the Ford Ranger was transported to a hospital, Reid said.
U.S. 50 west of Pueblo is closed eastbound with no estimated time of reopening according to a tweet by the Colorado Department of Transportation.
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