Head-on collision near Thornton Parkway exit, Thornton CO
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a head-on traffic collision occurred near the Thornton Parkway exit of I-25 in Thornton, Colorado. Witnesses reported that one vehicle was likely traveling the wrong way on the exit ramp, striking a pickup truck and involving other vehicles. Traffic slowed and backed up several miles after the crash.
Audio|Heard on: Colorado Connection Statewide ARS
Listen to dispatch call
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
But I got everybody slowed down and rubbernecking.
00:04
I guess something going southbound here, an accident or something.
00:08
Everybody on the northbound side, slow down and take a look, see what's going on.
00:15
Yeah, they're hoping to see something on the side of the road.
00:19
That's what they're looking for.
00:22
I never did like that at all.
00:26
Get stuck and then traffic backs up three to four miles in about 20 minutes.
00:39
I see a pickup and that little red car there.
00:47
He hit that pickup head-on, and there were a couple others sitting there.
00:56
I saw one like he might have hit the back of the pickup,
01:00
and then another one by itself.
01:02
I don't know how those two came together unless that car was going the wrong way at that exit.
01:07
Because it was right at the exit.
01:14
Wow.
01:18
As I recall,
01:23
Don't they have a median divider up through there?
01:29
Wire or something?
01:34
No, on I-25 here.
01:36
They got this big barrier going up to there.
01:40
But this was right at,
01:42
I want to say near 104th.
01:46
No, this is near 104th coming up.
01:49
It's the exit just south of Thornton Parkway.
01:56
Thornton Parkway.
01:58
Right there at that exit is where the accident happened right there.
02:03
At the exit.
02:05
Yeah, sounded like somebody.
02:09
They must have been drinking or something to come down a ramp like that.
02:16
That just feels weird.
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Location mentioned:
Thornton Pkwy, Thornton, CO 80260
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