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Multiple Deadly Crashes Close Highways Across Denver Area and Northern Colorado

Investigations remain active with highway closures still in effect, pending fuller briefings from police.

Overview

  • Colorado State Patrol reported two deaths after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 287 near Red Mountain Road around 6:18 p.m. Friday.
  • The U.S. 287 crash involved a Honda Accent and a Chevrolet Suburban, with one occupant from each vehicle killed and both directions closed with no reopening estimate Friday evening.
  • Wheat Ridge police said one person was killed and three were hospitalized in a four-vehicle collision on eastbound Highway 58 between Macintyre Street and Interstate 70.
  • The hospitalized in the Wheat Ridge crash included a suspect who was taken into custody around 10 p.m., and eastbound lanes remained closed for the investigation.
  • Earlier Friday, a rollover on eastbound Arapahoe Road at Chambers Road in Aurora closed the lanes, with CDOT cameras and aerial video showing a vehicle on its roof and injuries unconfirmed.