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New Castle man killed in single-vehicle, rollover crash on I-70 in Summit County over the weekend

The 39-year-old man was wearing a seatbelt and law enforcement says neither excessive speeds nor impairment from drugs and alcohol are suspected to be involved

Editor’s note: This headline of this story was updated to correct the home town of the man who died in a crash.

A New Castle man died in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 70 near Silverthorne over the weekend, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

The crash occurred while the 39-year-old man was driving a gray Toyota Tacoma westbound on I-70 just past the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels on Sunday, May 19, in the early hours of the morning, State Patrol Sergeant Patrick Rice said.



While in the far right lane, the pickup truck ran off the right side of the road before overcorrecting across all lanes, colliding with the guardrail on the left, Rice said. The vehicle rolled multiple times, tumbling over the guardrail and into the eastbound lanes of traffic, he said. It came to a final rest in the leftmost lane on its wheels.

The crash was reported around 3:35 a.m. and led to eastbound closures near Silverthorne and the tunnels that morning, with the interstate fully reopening just before 7 a.m. Rice said. The man was wearing a seatbelt, he said.



Neither excessive speeds nor impairment from drugs or alcohol are suspected in the crash, Rice said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.


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