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.
The local Valley Health Alliance is a valuable player in bringing open market health insurance costs down in the Roaring Fork Valley and Garfield County.
But a second, member-based alliance that county commissioners have been wooing for the past two years could punch those costs down even further.
That was the pitch from Claire Brockbank, CEO of Summit County-based Peak Health Alliance, during an online community forum hosted by the Garfield County commissioners Monday evening.
Garfield County has been working with Peak to potentially bring its negotiated-pricing approach to the county, working with health care providers and insurers on an agreed fee schedule and insurance rates.
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