The driver of a flatbed truck that plowed into cars on a Colorado interstate will be charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, police say
The driver of the semi that plowed into stopped traffic along Interstate 70 near Denver is in custody and will be charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, police said Friday.
The runaway semi hit several cars and trucks in Lakewood on Thursday, igniting a fiery and deadly crash.Authorities have not determined precisely how many people were killed and continue to say multiple people died.Twenty-eight vehicles were involved in the crash: four of them semis and 24 cars, Lakewood Police Department Agent Ty Countryman told reporters on Friday.Link: I-70 crash update from LPD and @ColoradoDOT. 28 total vehicles involved. Multiple fatalities.
— Lakewood Police April 26, 2019 The driver, who was behind the wheel of a flatbed truck loaded with lumber, was injured in the crash but not seriously, Countryman said. The driver will be in the Jefferson County Jail as soon as he's been medically cleared and booked. Read MoreCountryman said there's no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the crash.
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