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Westbound I-70 reopens after semi crash

A semi crash closed westbound lanes of Interstate 70 east of Silverthorne on Monday morning. Those lanes reopened just before 3 p.m. 

Colorado State Patrol investigators rushed to the scene at mile marker 207 on I-70 just after 7 a.m. 

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When they arrived, state troopers found 3 vehicles involved, 2 semis and a passenger truck. One of the semis overturned and dumped its load of steel. 

Westbound lanes of I-70 were closed at mile marker 216 and traffic was divered to Highway 6 over Loveland Pass. 

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One person was rushed to the hospital. What happened leading up to the crash is being investigated. 

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