One person was hospitalized following a semitrailer crash on eastbound Interstate 70 in Arapahoe County on Friday afternoon.
The incident occurred at 2:39 p.m. near mile marker 326 when the truck veered off the right shoulder and ignited, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries. Emergency crews extinguished the fire quickly.
Eastbound I-70 was closed between U.S. 40 and exit 328 for the I-70 south business loop for over an hour, reopening at 3:42 p.m., authorities said.