Posted on 04/26/2019 7:16:52 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Multiple people died and at least 10 others were injured in a fiery crash on a Colorado highway that involved at least 15 cars and semi trucks.
Officials did not specify the number of people killed, but said there were "multiple fatalities" in the Thursday crash and subsequent fire on Interstate 70 in Lakewood, Colorado, about 8 miles west of Denver. One firefighter was among the people taken to a local hospital when debris, possibly a tire, exploded.
The accident occurred at around 4:30 p.m. when a semitrailer slammed into several stopped cars at a high rate of speed during a traffic jam, police said. The driver of that semi survived.
"I-70 eastbound traffic was at a standstill or close to a standstill because of a crash way up ahead. … The semi was eastbound and ended up colliding with the stopped cars," Lakewood Police Department agent Ty Countryman said Thursday night. "We're almost four or five hours into this and our crash investigation has really yet to begin -- given the magnitude of the size of this crash."
Authorities avoided giving firm numbers at a press conference on Thursday evening because rescue workers were still working to put out hot spots on the scene.
"The back of my truck lifted up and shoved me forward, and I was hitting other cars," Brian Dickey, who was caught up in the accident, told Denver ABC affiliate KMGH. "When I came to a stop I look in my rearview mirror and all I saw was a bunch of flames. And I jumped out of the vehicle as fast as I could. There was so much fire at the time that I couldn't even really approach any of the other vehicles to see if there was any other survivors or what."
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The semi driver said he was doing his mileage on a caculator, not paying attention to the road,
did not see that traffic was backed up at a toll booth.
He rammed into the cars going at breakneck speed.
Early report said it was truck v bus. This gives a better picture. Would have been horrific to be in.
A clear, sunny day today in the Denver area.
Video of it at The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6961941/Fiery-multi-vehicle-crash-Colorado-claims-1-life.html
CDL requirements need to be stricter. Yes, I have one.
The report says 4:30 PM yesterday? Surely there are more details by now.
Secondary or “Back of Queue” crashes are typically very large and deadly. An other big factor is motorists texting while driving; they are not paying attention to the road ahead.
Wondering if weed was involved.
If so, it could be properly called “killer weed”.
Government regulation of the trucking industry causes more fatalities.
When are these Dept of Transportation officials going to be imprisoned??
Fatalities in Commercial trucking keeps going up and up dur to REGULATION!!
A lumber truck, it brought its own fuel for the fire.
How so?
Does anyone else have this HUGE white block in the lower right corner of the DailyNews which blocks a large portion of the screen?
How do you get rid of the damn thing?
It is hard to look at the photos from the scene. There were many innocent lives lost yesterday on that highway. Very sad.
Let’s see a photo of the driver. This could be the latest terror tool. JMHO.
It appears at least one truck driver was not focused on the job at hand,
Following too closely is also a factor in many of these multiple vehicle accidents.
At least with me, the white block turns black and a video starts to play. There is an X inside the upper right corner; clicking on it closed the block. If yours stayed white, it may be hung before the video should start.
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