US 285 reopens after total closure near Pine Junction for multi-vehicle crash
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and last updated 2021-03-10 11:51:35-05
PINE JUNCTION, Colo. â Both directions of US 285 near Pine Junction closed Wednesday morning due to a multi-vehicle crash.
The highway reopened around 9:25 a.m.
Colorado Department of Transportation said the highway closed between Roland Valley Drive and Rim Rock Road, just west of Pine Junction, around 7:35 a.m.
Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said troopers were just arriving on scene at 7:40 a.m. He said at least one person may have been transported.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area.
No other information was available.
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No. 10 Single vehicle rollover sends Moffat County teenager to hospital with life-threatening injuries 7,546
Colorado State Patrol responded to a single vehicle rollover crash around 2:32 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 that sent a 15-year-old Moffat County teenager to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A 20-year-old Moffat County resident is facing felony charges following a rollover crash early Sunday morning on Moffat County Road 31 that killed a 15-year-old female, who was a passenger in the car.
Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis confirmed Monday morning that the 15-year-old, who was transported to Memorial Regional Health with life-threatening injuries Sunday, succumbed to her injuries.
The rollover occurred at 2:32 a.m. Sunday on Moffat County Road 31 roughly 2 miles north of Craig, CSP said.
Dillon Burch, 20, was driving the 2004 gray Dodge Ram northbound on Moffat County Road 31 when he lost control of the truck and rolled off the left side of the roadway. CSP says speed and alcohol are suspected as being contributing factors in the crash.