--- description: Multiple people have been killed after a semi-trailer truck caused a fiery crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver Thursday, police said. title: 'Multiple Fatalities' After Speeding Semi-Truck Causes Fiery Crash Outside Denver image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee238d01799ede39/6989491797cdffaddf6b7bb6/gettyimages-1145132762-1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Colorado](/tag/colorado/) ## Colorado Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Multiple Fatalities' After Speeding Semi-Truck Causes Fiery Crash Outside Denver  by [Ciara Nugent](/author/ciara-nugent/)  ## Ciara Nugent Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2019 2:16 PM CUT  A fiery crash on I-70 near Colorado Mills Parkway caused multiple fatalities and shut down the highway in both directions. April 25, 2019. A fiery crash on I-70 near Colorado Mills Parkway caused multiple fatalities and shut down the highway in both directions. April 25, 2019.Hyoung Chang – MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images  by [Ciara Nugent](/author/ciara-nugent/)  ## Ciara Nugent Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2019 2:16 PM CUT Multiple people have been killed after a semi-trailer truck caused a fiery crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver Thursday, police said. Police in Lakewood, Colo., could not confirm the number of fatalities late Thursday, but said six people were taken to local hospitals, including the driver of the truck. One firefighter sustained minor injuries while fighting the blaze from the crash, the [West Metro Fire department](https://twitter.com/WestMetroFire/status/1121595149891584000 "undefined") said. The crash occurred during early evening rush hour on a busy stretch of interstate highway. “The semi was eastbound and ended up colliding with the cars that were stopped because of the accident ahead. That’s all we know or we are releasing at this point,” Lakewood police Agent Ty Countryman told reporters. Twelve cars and three semi trucks were involved, [The Denver _Post_ ](https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/25/fiery-crash-on-i-70-colorado-mills/ "undefined")reported. Areal images captured by local television crews show the scale of the damage caused by the collision. > [](https://twitter.com/WestMetroFire/status/1121595149891584000) > [](https://twitter.com/erinepowell/status/1121554884195770368) > [](https://twitter.com/Denver7Traffic/status/1121747490099859456) Police are still working to identify those who have died and account for everyone involved in the crash, Countryman said. The highway remains closed both ways, [police confirmed ](https://twitter.com/LakewoodPDCO/status/1121744551046262790 "undefined") Friday morning. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/"},"headline":"'Multiple Fatalities' After Speeding Semi-Truck Causes Fiery Crash Outside Denver","datePublished":"2019-04-26T14:16:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:23:47.875Z","description":"Multiple people have been killed after a semi-trailer truck caused a fiery crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver Thursday, police said.","url":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/","keywords":["Colorado","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee238d01799ede39/6989491797cdffaddf6b7bb6/gettyimages-1145132762-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ciara Nugent","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ciara-nugent/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee238d01799ede39/6989491797cdffaddf6b7bb6/gettyimages-1145132762-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"I70-Denver-car-accident","caption":"I70 accident","creditText":"Hyoung Chang – MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/colorado/","name":"Colorado"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/","name":"'Multiple Fatalities' After Speeding Semi-Truck Causes Fiery Crash Outside Denver"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Multiple Fatalities' After Speeding Semi-Truck Causes Fiery Crash Outside Denver","description":"Multiple people have been killed after a semi-trailer truck caused a fiery crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver Thursday, police said.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KZqG4nKs/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-04-26T15:18:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KZqG4nKs.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/","duration":"PT1M14S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5578636/denver-highway-crash/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```