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An out-of-control CDOT snowplow slammed into a van carrying a youth hockey team on I-70 Thursday in Clear Creek County, killing the van driver, the state patrol said.
The van carried 10 people. Four youths and three adults were transported to hospital by ambulance. A medical helicopter evacuated a fifth youth. The van driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Another adult declined hospital treatment.
Two other autos were involved in the wreck. No injuries were reported in those vehicles. The accident on slush-covered I-70 occurred near Herman Gulch. The youth hockey team is from California.
The patrol provided this account:
"Preliminary information from the investigation shows that the CDOT plow truck was traveling westbound on I-70 when the driver lost control. The plow truck traveled through the median, breaking through the cable rail and into the eastbound lanes. The plow collided with a Toyota Tacoma that was traveling eastbound in the eastbound lanes. After impact, the Toyota went through the median and struck a BMW traveling westbound in the westbound lanes.
"The plow continued eastbound and struck the sprinter van that was traveling eastbound in the eastbound lanes. After the impact, the sprinter van ended up down an embankment. The CDOT plow came to rest on the shoulder."
[Photo: Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol]An out-of-control CDOT snowplow slammed into a van carrying a youth hockey team on I-70 Thursday in Clear Creek County, killing the van driver, the state patrol said.
The van carried 10 people. Four youths and three adults were transported to hospital by ambulance. A medical helicopter evacuated a fifth youth. The van driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Another adult declined hospital treatment.
Two other autos were involved in the wreck. No injuries were reported in those vehicles. The accident on slush-covered I-70 occurred near Herman Gulch. The youth hockey team is from California.
The patrol provided this account:
"Preliminary information from the investigation shows that the CDOT plow truck was traveling westbound on I-70 when the driver lost control. The plow truck traveled through the median, breaking through the cable rail and into the eastbound lanes. The plow collided with a Toyota Tacoma that was traveling eastbound in the eastbound lanes. After impact, the Toyota went through the median and struck a BMW traveling westbound in the westbound lanes.
"The plow continued eastbound and struck the sprinter van that was traveling eastbound in the eastbound lanes. After the impact, the sprinter van ended up down an embankment. The CDOT plow came to rest on the shoulder."
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