Colorado State Patrol has identified one of two people killed in a head-on car wreck that happened on US Highway 40 outside Kremmling Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Polashek of Blackhawk was a passenger in a 1998 Jeep Cherokee that collided with a pickup truck. He was killed instantly, CSP said. <\/p>\n
The name of the woman who was driving the Jeep and also died in the wreck has been withheld pending notification of her family.<\/p>\n
CSP has also identified the driver and two passengers in the pickup, a 1999 Dodge Ram, as Ignacio Hernandez of Kremmling, Trinidad Pastrano and Fernando Perez.<\/p>\n
Hernandez and Pastrano were both airlifted to St. Anthony\u2019s Hospital in Denver with serious injuries while Perez suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the wreck near milepost 186 on US 40 around 5:15 p.m. Thursday. The Jeep was eastbound on the highway when it veered off the right side of the road, came back onto the highway and collided with the Dodge, according to CSP.<\/p>\n
US 40 was closed until almost 9 p.m. while drivers were detoured around the wreck. CSP is still investigating, but speeding and impairment have been identified as potential contributing factors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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