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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Multiple crashes forced the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 to be closed Thursday night. The closure began around 8:30 p.m.
The Colorado Department of Transportation said the closure was between exit 260(C-470) to exit 253(Chief Hosa). CSP said parallel roads were not an option. No commercial vehicles are allowed on US 6 or Colorado 74, CSP said.
It is unknown when the lanes would reopen, CSP said. Two semi trucks involved in a crash near Genesee had their saddle tanks rupture which caused diesel fuel to spill, CSP said. The cleanup and mitigation of the fuel spill, along with towing out the disabled trucks would take hours, according to CSP.
The passenger vehicle traction law was also put into effect by authorities for people driving along Highway 285 from C-470 to the Park County line, and along I-70 between Golden and Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels.
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