SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 reopened Tuesday after Colorado State Patrol troopers investigated a fatal crash a few miles east of the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Colorado State Patrol was alerted to the crash at about 8:34 a.m. A CSP spokesman said the crash happened when the driver of a box truck in the left lane tried to merge into the right lane, and its front end hit the rear of a semi.
The driver of the box truck, a 26-year-old man from Greeley, died in the crash. The driver of the semi, a 40-year-old man from Florida, was not injured, and a passenger in the semi suffered minor injuries, the CSP spokesman said.
Alcohol, drugs and speed were not considered factors in the crash, the spokesman said.
I-70 eastbound was shut down until just before noon.
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