Westbound lanes of I-70 near Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels closed Monday morning after two tractor-trailers crash
One tractor-trailer crashed into another after losing its brakes, spilling pipes into the roadway
Summit Daily
Summit Fire & EMS/Courtesy photo
A tractor-trailer lost its brakes and collided with another truck Monday morning, Jan. 9, closing the Interstate 70’s westbound lane of travel at the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels for several hours, according to Summit Fire & EMS.
The driver of the second truck suffered minor injuries, Summit Fire & EMS said in a post to social media, when it overturned in the collision around 7:10 a.m. The overturned truck was carrying pipes, which spilled in the roadway.
Colorado State Patrol’s Hazardous-Materials Unit was called for cleanup of spilled fuel, the post said. As of about 10 a.m. the overturned tractor-trailer had been pulled back onto its wheels but a significant amount of cleanup remained to be done and there was no estimate of when the westbound lanes would reopen, according to Summit Fire & EMS.
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