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UPDATE: I-70 reopens following ‘serious multi-vehicle crash’ near Georgetown

Summit Daily staff report
A traffic camera shows vehicles backing up in standstill traffic on eastbound Interstate 70 around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. The highway was closed following a "serious multi-vehicle crash," according to CoTrip.org.
Colorado Department of Transportation/Courtesy photo

3:05 p.m.: Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 reopened, according to CoTrip.org.

2:45 p.m.: The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 have reopened following the medical emergency.

2:30 p.m.: The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office says the leftmost lane of westbound Interstate 70 is now closed following a “medical emergency” that occurred in the standstill traffic during the full eastbound closure of the interstate, according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 2:20 p.m.



2:20 p.m.: Colorado State Patrol says preliminary reports show nine vehicles were involved in the multi-vehicle crash that shut down Interstate 70 eastbound near Georgetown, according to a statement released to the media.

One of the vehicles involved in the crash was a semitractor-trailer hauling other vehicles, but the vehicles it was hauling are not included in the count of total vehicles involved, according to Colorado State Patrol.

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“While tow trucks have been dispatched to the scene, there is currently no estimated time of re-opening,” the statement says.

2 p.m.: The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office said multiple people have been transported to a hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to a tweet posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. 

“This is not a fatal accident,” the Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office post stated. 

There is still no timeline for reopening the roadway, according to CoTrip.org. 

1:30 p.m.: The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 are closed following a “serious multi-vehicle crash” near Georgetown, according to an alert posted to CoTrip.org around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31.

The closure begins at Exit 205 near Dillon and Silverthorne. Traffic cameras show standstill traffic backing up all the way from mile marker 227 near Georgetown to mile marker 222 near Bakerville, as of 1:40 p.m.

CoTrip.org says, “There is no estimated time to reopen.”

The multi-vehicle crash is pictured in a traffic camera on Interstate 70 near Georgetown on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.
Colorado Department of Transportation/Courtesy photo

Loveland Pass was also closed eastbound as crews work on the scene. Alternative routes include Colorado Highway 9 southbound over Hoosier Pass to U.S. Highway 285 or Colorado Highway 9 north to Silverthorne and up to U.S. Highway 40 over Berthoud Pass.

For traffic alerts, conditions and updates, visit CoTrip.org.

This story is from SummitDaily.com


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