Fiery Crash on I-70 in Colorado Claims Multiple Lives, Death Toll Unspecified: Police

Lakewood Police Department spokesman Ty Countryman briefs reporters about the deadly crash on the I-70 under Denver West Parkway bridge on April 25, 2019. Lakewood Police Department / Google Maps

Multiple people were killed in a large crash and fire that shut down Interstate 70 in both directions in Lakewood, Colorado.

Ty Countryman with the Lakewood Police Department said a tractor-trailer heading east down a hill crashed into slower traffic in the afternoon hours of Thursday, April 25, sparking a massive fire.