Northbound Interstate 25 has reopened near Castle Rock after a Monday morning crash where a semitrailer collided with the highway median, according to state patrol officials.
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The roadway reopened Monday afternoon after an hours-long closure, .
Around 10 a.m. Monday, just over a mile south of Castle Rock’s Plum Creek Parkway, two semitrailers were blocking northbound I-25, Colorado State Patrol trooper Sherri Mendez said. She said one of the semitrailers crashed into the median, but it’s unclear why the second was blocking multiple lanes of the interstate.
Traffic was at a standstill at the crash scene for hours while emergency responders worked to move the semitrailers out of the way, according to CDOT cameras. reported the backup spread from Exit 181 for Plum Creek Parkway to Exit 174 for Tomah Road, near Dawson Butte.
Northbound I-25 was covered in snow at the crash scene, but investigators aren’t sure if winter weather conditions caused the crash.
Southbound I-25 was also closed Monday morning for a three-vehicle hit-and-run crash, but the roadway reopened around 10:10 a.m., .
Mendez said the southbound I-25 crash happened around 9:25 a.m. and involved a hatchback car, a gas-tanker semitrailer and a white pickup truck, which fled the scene. One driver reported minor injuries, but Mendez said no one was taken to the hospital.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
