A dust storm late Saturday afternoon is blamed for a multiple-vehicle crash on U.S. 287 just south of Lamar, state patrol officials said.
The highway was closed in both directions between Lamar to Springfield from after 5 p.m. to 8:10 p.m., officials for the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Department of Transportation said.
Four vehicles and at least one semi-truck were involved in the accident and one person was transported to the hospital, said Trooper Josh Lewis, of the Colorado State Patrol. Lewis said he did not know the extent of those injuries.
During the storm, visibility was less than 100 feet, .
Earlier this year, a dust storm south of Lamar on U.S. 287 that killed two people and injured four others.
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