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Nine people, including children, were taken to the hospital Thursday morning due to a crash on eastbound Interstate 70, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office .Flight for Life Colorado landed at the ball fields in Idaho Springs to meet an ambulance from the crash scene and transport one patient, Jenny Fulton with the sheriff's office said.
The multi-vehicle crash initially happened around 9:15 a.m. Thursday near Herman Gulch on the eastbound side of the highway. The cars involved then crossed into westbound lanes, Fulton said.Eastbound traffic is stopped at Silverthorne and drivers are being turned around at the Eisenhower Tunnel, the sheriff's office said. Westbound I-70 has one lane open, according to Fulton, causing a backup to Silver Plume. The sheriff's office anticipates the stretch of highway to remain closed for an extended period of time, and did not have an estimated time for it to reopen. The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office recommended drivers to find an alternative route.Since eastbound I-70 is closed in Silverthorne, Denver7 Traffic Expert Jayson Luber said the only detour is south on Highway 9 through Breckenridge to Fairplay. Then drivers can take Highway 285 east back onto C-470 and west on C-470 back to I-70 in Morrison and Golden. Luber advised that south of Breckenridge, Highway 9 has several switchbacks and can be trickier to navigate, especially for large vehicles. The largest of semitrucks may want to wait it out, Luber suggested. The Colorado State Patrol is leading the crash investigation.
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