AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The Latest on a wrong-way crash that killed three people near Denver (all times local):
11:05 a.m.
Authorities say a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 70 near Denver hit a pickup truck head on, killing himself and two others.
The Colorado State Patrol says 86-year-old Gerald Arnett of Wheat Ridge was driving a Dodge Caravan westbound in the eastbound lanes of the highway Monday evening when he hit the truck driven by a 24-year-old Kyle Parker of Strasburg. Arnett and his passenger, 96-year-old Betty Arnett, along with the passenger in the truck, 24-year-old Katie Paul of Strasburg, were killed in the crash in Aurora.
Parker was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The crash shut down the highway for several hours.
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8:30 a.m.
Authorities say a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 70 near Denver hit a pickup truck head on, killing himself and two others.
Trooper Josh Lewis of the Colorado State Patrol says the 86-year-old man was driving a Dodge Caravan westbound in the eastbound lanes of the highway Monday evening when he hit the truck driven by a 24-year-old man from Strasburg. The driver of the Caravan and his passenger along with a passenger in the truck were killed in the crash in Aurora.
The driver of the pickup was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
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