Pickup driver who died in fiery crash on I-70 hit semi-truck parked on shoulder, Colorado State Patrol says

A two-vehicle crash that closed part of Interstate Thursday paralyzing holiday traffic for hours occurred when the driver of a Ram pickup truck driving west weaved onto the shoulder and struck the rear of a parked semi-truck the Colorado State Patrol revealed The crash was at mile marker near the Eisenhower Tunnel just after p m The Ram which was hauling a trailer spun and rolled once before bursting into flames CSP Trooper Sherri Mendez disclosed in an email Friday The driver of the Ram truck a -year-old man and a dog riding with him died Mendez disclosed the semi driver a -year-old man from Virginia wasn t injured Related Articles At least three dead in EB I- crash in Elbert County Driver crashes into pedestrians in Aurora Sunday night killing one Westbound I- reopened in north Denver after crash All directions at th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Thornton reopened after crash Driver in I- crash near Mead that closed road for hours seemed drowsy CSP crash summary shows The interstate was closed for hours in both directions between exit at Dillon and Silverthorne and exit at Loveland Pass Mendez reported she didn t know where the pickup driver was from More information about him will be issued by the Summit County coroner The state patrol s vehicular crimes unit is analyzing what caused the crash Mendez reported Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day