At least one person died early Sunday morning in a semitrailer crash that shut down westbound Interstate 70 in Summit County for roughly 12 hours, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The crash, which happened on the west side of the , happened just before 5:45 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol.
Westbound I-70 reopened between exit 216 for Loveland Pass and exit 205 near Silverthorne just before 6 p.m., .
The semitrailer went off the right side of the westbound highway, crashed and caught fire, state patrol officials said in the release.
Investigators said all people inside the semitrailer died in the crash. Troopers had not yet been able to verify the number of people killed Sunday because of the extensive damage and fire.
Additional information about the cause of the crash was not available on Sunday.
Anyone with information about the crash who has not spoken to investigators is asked to contact Colorado State Patrol dispatchers at 970-249-4392 and reference case VC250372.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
