{"id":1310058,"date":"2019-05-08T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=977784"},"modified":"2019-05-08T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:57:03","slug":"runaway-truck-ramps-near-silverthorne-are-the-most-frequently-used-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/runaway-truck-ramps-near-silverthorne-are-the-most-frequently-used-in-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway truck ramps near Silverthorne are the most frequently used in the state"},"content":{"rendered":"
A truck was forced onto the runaway ramp of I-70 Westbound after losing its brakes in 2016.<\/strong>
Summit Daily file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those of us who live among the winding and often steeply graded roadways of the Rocky Mountains, seeing passenger vehicles spun out in the snow or semitrucks pulled over to the side of the road while drivers strap on chains are frequent sights.<\/p>\n

For most, winter is the most treacherous time of the year on Summit County\u2019s roads. But in the summer, as the sun pounds against the blacktop on Interstate 70, truckers traveling through the corridor face other perilous challenges: speed and heat.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s truck ramps made news late last month after a truck descending from the mountains crashed into the back of stopped traffic<\/a> near Denver West Parkway, killing four. The driver, Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who allegedly chose not to use a runaway ramp, was charged with 40 counts, including four counts of vehicular homicide as a result of the crash. Just a day later, a video captured by Jesse Terrell of a smoking truck rocketing up a ramp near Silverthorne began making the rounds on social media.<\/p>\n

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