25-year-old man killed in crash on eastbound I-70 in Wheat Ridge
Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 were closed Monday afternoon due to a 2-vehicle deadly crash that killed a 25-year-old man. I-70 was closed eastbound between Exit 266: CO 72 and Ward Road and CO 391 (Wheat Ridge) at Mile Point 267.
All traffic must exit onto Ward Road and then can take W. 44th Avenue to Kipling Street and reenter I-70 eastbound at the Kipling onramp.
A 26-year-old woman passenger was in the car with the driver who died. She was rushed to the hospital to treat non-life-threatening injuries. There were no injuries to anyone in the second vehicle.