{"id":1320159,"date":"2020-05-22T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996623"},"modified":"2020-05-22T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:09:03","slug":"interstate-70-eastbound-closed-near-new-castle-due-to-fatality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/interstate-70-eastbound-closed-near-new-castle-due-to-fatality\/","title":{"rendered":"Interstate 70 eastbound closed near New Castle due to fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"21\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-traffic-alert-small.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Post Independent traffic alert news graphic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-traffic-alert-small.png 700w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-traffic-alert-small-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A fatal accident occurred at approximately 4 p.m. near New Castle along Interstate 70 at mile marker 107.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have a confirmed fatality,\u201d said Colorado State Patrol Master Trooper Gary Cutler.<\/p>\n<p>Cutler was unable to provide any additional information at this time concerning the accident.<\/p>\n<p>According to CDOT Region 3 Communications Manager Elise Thatcher, both eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 have been shut down at mile marker 105 with no estimated time for reopening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eastbound traffic is being detoured through the area along U.S. Highway 6.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.308333333333\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 gspi-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.173366834171\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p>Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent\u2019s work possible. 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According to CDOT Region 3 Communications Manager Elise Thatcher, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1320159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 20:34:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}