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Semitruck driver killed in Wednesday morning crash with snow plow on I-25

Crash happened near Walsenburg around 4:53 a.m. Wednesday, state patrol said

A semitrailer crashed into the back of a snowplow at 4:53 a.m.  on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in Huerfano County, state patrol officials said. (Photo courtesy of Colorado State Patrol).
A semitrailer crashed into the back of a snowplow at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in Huerfano County, state patrol officials said. (Photo courtesy of Colorado State Patrol).
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An early morning crash on Interstate 25 in southern Colorado’s Huerfano County killed the driver of a semitrailer and sent a Colorado Department of Transportation snow plow driver to the hospital, according to Colorado State Patrol.

State patrol officials said the two-vehicle crash happened on northbound I-25 near milepost 57, just north of Walsenburg, at 4:53 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators believe the semitrailer rear-ended the snow plow.

The driver of the semitrailer died at the scene of the crash and paramedics took the snow plow driver to a hospital with unknown injuries, state patrol officials said.

According to , the right shoulder of northbound I-25 is closed for the crash cleanup and investigation between Exit 56 for Redrock Road and Exit 59 for Butte Road, about 7 miles north of Walsenburg. Walsenburg is about 37 miles north of Trinidad.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact state patrol officials at 719-544-2424.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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