JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Highway 285 was closed in both directions between Pine Junction and Conifer on Thursday afternoon. A head-on collision between two vehicles resulted in two deaths and three others injured.
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The crash happened just before 4 p.m. at mile marker 232. The Colorado State Patrol says that two vehicles collided head-on. One person was killed and the four others injured were rushed to the hospital with serious to critical injuries. Another person succumbed to those injuries at the hospital.
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Copter4 flew over the scene which showed long traffic backups in the area and several emergency vehicles blocking the lanes. The vehicles involved seem to be a red truck and a black truck, both with major front-end damage.
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What led up to the crash is being investigated. How long Highway 285 will remain closed is unknown because state troopers said that the crash will require “an extensive investigation.”
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