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Semi Accident Shuts Down Part of I-70 for Hours

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Mar 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 17, 2013 at 11:55 PM MDT

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. - Holiday travelers weren’t feeling so lucky this evening as a semi-truck crash closed westbound Interstate 70 for about four hours.

The accident happened in Glenwood Canyon, just before 3 p.m. Colorado State Patrol officials say a semi-truck driver headed westbound, lost control of his tractor-trailer and rolled the massive vehicle.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The CSP hazardous materials team responded to the scene to investigate a diesel fuel leakage, but officials believe that no hazardous materials entered the waterway.

The semi was hauling steel pipe. The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries.

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