Overview

• Colorado State Patrol says a gravel-hauling semitrailer went over the rail on I-70 around 11:20 a.m., landing on U.S. 6 below near the 6th Avenue overpass in Golden.
• COtrip reported eastbound I-70 was closed between C-470 and 6th Avenue and eastbound U.S. 6 was shut, with traffic diverted off both corridors.
• CDOT cameras showed a long stretch of damaged guardrail at the scene, and officials have not yet confirmed whether anyone was injured.
• Reporters observed miles-long delays spilling onto C-470, as multiple emergency vehicles managed the scene and investigations continued.
• Earlier the same day, Denver police investigated a fatal motorcycle crash on I-70 at Tennyson Street near Berkeley Lake, with the highway reopened by 3:45 a.m.