1 dead, 4 injured after wrong-way driver crashes into vehicle on I-70 in Wheat Ridge

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1 dead, 4 injured after wrong-way driver crashes into vehicle on I-70 in Wheat Ridge
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One person is dead and four people were seriously injured in a crash police said was caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 70 in Wheat Ridge

The crash happened in the eastbound lanes near Kipling around midnight Friday into Saturday morning, according to the Wheat Ridge Police Department. They said officers arrived to a"chaotic scene."

According to police, a 29-year-old man in a black truck, suspected of being drunk, was traveling in the wrong direction on the eastbound lanes when he struck an eastbound vehicle with four people inside. The driver of the eastbound vehicle was killed. The three other passengers sustained serious bodily injuries and were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are not known.The driver of the black truck was also seriously injured and transported to the hospital. Police suspect the at-fault driver was under the influence of alcohol, the department said in a news release.The interstate was closed in both directions for several hours.

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