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Coroner identifies man killed in Garfield County I-70 crash

Matthew Day, of Rifle, died in the wreck about 8 a.m. in Silt

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Authorities in Garfield County have identified the 22-year-old man killed Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70.

Matthew Day, of Rifle, died in the wreck about 8 a.m. in Silt.

Coroner Robert Glassmire said Day, who was driving, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger who was also said to not be wearing a seat belt was not seriously hurt, the coroner’s office said.

Day’s manner of death is being investigated as an accident, authorities said.

Day was driving a 2007 Toyota pickup eastbound on I-70 when it ran off the right shoulder and rolled as he steered back onto the roadway.

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