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Wrong-way driver behind Monday night crash that closed eastbound I-70

A major wreck Monday night near Dotsero involving five vehicles, including two semi-trailer trucks, was caused by a car heading in the wrong direction on Interstate 70, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said. Around 5:10 p.m. Monday, a 46-year-old Lafayette woman was driving a Lexus sport utility vehicle heading westbound in the eastbound lanes just west of Dotsero when she struck the driver’s side of a pickup truck head-on. “The Lexus spun out and rolled four-and-a-half times,” CSP spokesman Trooper Josh Lewis said. “The remaining three vehicles ended up having damage from the debris.” The wreckage closed down the eastbound lanes of I-170 east of Glenwood Springs until 9:55 p.m. Motorists were asked to wait or take alternate routes until the scene was cleared.

Driver taken to Grand River Health following single-car crash

Provided The roundabout at the Colorado Highway 13 exit off Interstate 70 in Rifle was partly blocked off to traffic for about an hour following a single-car crash Friday night. Around 8:17 p.m., the driver of a 1997 Subaru Legacy station wagon was traveling eastbound on I-70 when he struck a road sign while heading toward an off-ramp, said Rifle Police Chief Tommy Klein. Klein said the driver then circled the roundabout in the wrong direction before leaving the roadway. A rolled over vehicle in Rifle on Friday night. Provided The vehicle rolled over before coming to a complete stop. The driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, was taken by ambulance to the nearby Grand River Health hospital. His condition is currently unknown, Klein said.

Garfield County Sheriff s office, detention center closed to public after confirmed COVID-19 cases

The Garfield County Sheriff s Office and detention center in Glenwood Springs. The Garfield County Sheriff’s office and detention facility in Glenwood Springs is closed to the public temporarily after nearly two-dozen inmates and employees tested positive for COVID-19, a news release states. As of Thursday evening, “(four) detentions staff members and 17 inmates have tested positive,” the sheriff’s office release states. “Those inmates were all housed within the same pod/area in the jail and are now in quarantine; separate from other inmates and staff.” Out of the 17 infected inmates, five are currently experiencing “low-grade symptoms and being cared for in-house by Correctional Health Partners.”

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