this is truly a freak accident, the timing of being exactly underneath at the time of impact is scary, one second either way and it is a partial or no -impact situation. I feel for the victims as it could anyone of us driving under the constant construction of overpasses on our freeways
Very, very sad.
Victims came to Colo. seeking safer environs
By Steve Lipsher
Denver Post Staff Writer
William "Billy" and Anita Post moved with their 2-year-old daughter, Koby Ann, to Colorado from New York just last year, seeking a safer place to raise a family.
All three were killed instantly Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a falling 40-ton girder.
"Everyone in the family is just in a state of shock. You just don't expect this to happen," said Debra Crawford, Anita Post's cousin from Texas. "It's horrible. It's tragic."
The young family had been traveling on Interstate 70 east out of the mountains when a steel construction girder from an overpass collapsed onto their Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle shortly after 10 a.m.
With no warning, their lives came to an abrupt end, leaving family members struggling to understand why such a random tragedy befell three "precious, precious people."
"They were just salt of the earth, absolutely. I don't think they could spell a bad word, much less say it. They were just fine, precious people," Crawford said.
Billy and Anita Post sought to escape the rat race of New York and settled on horse property in Evergreen because he had a cousin here, Crawford said.