Camper Van Crash Causes Delays in Idaho Springs, Idaho Springs CO
TrafficA camper van crashed near the exit in Idaho Springs around 1 PM, causing heavy vehicle damage. The crash led to lane closures and major traffic delays lasting about 45 minutes over two miles.
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, there was a, I don't know what exactly happened in Idaho Springs around, I don't know, 1 o'clock this afternoon, but there was a wreck right in Idaho Springs, you're headed westbound on that last exit there for Idaho Springs where the McDonald's and the Conoco is.
00:17
There was a Chevy Express van, like one of the camper van style, not the work van style, but camper van type one, and it looked like it holes. The front driver side axle and everything was ripped off and just gone the way the van was leaning on the flatbed.
00:35
It was smashed up on both sides and something not good happened there.
00:41
And it was down to one lane and they were blocking off the express lane, which was already closed anyway, but they were blocking off that end of the left lane. So everybody was jumping into the right lane and then rubber-necking as they went through. So it was...
00:58
I think we did about an average of a quarter of a mile an hour from the far west side of Idaho Springs all the way through Idaho Springs and it took 45 minutes to get those two miles.
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Idaho Springs, CO
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