SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (KKCO/Gray News) — One person was killed and several others were hospitalized Thursday after a snowplow truck struck a van carrying a girls’ hockey team, according to police in Colorado.
State police said the collision happened near Silverthorne at about 8:50 a.m. when a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow driver lost control on Interstate 70 and crashed through the median into a Toyota Tacoma. The plow then crashed into the sprinter van carrying the hockey team, knocking it down an embankment.
The Tacoma also collided with a BMW, crash investigators said.
One person was killed and several were injured, including members of a hockey team, following an accident in Colorado. (KKTV)
Colorado State Patrol said the driver of the sprinter van died at the scene.
The Clear Creek County coroner will publicly identify the driver once notifications are made.
At least seven passengers from the sprinter van, including five who are under 18, were taken to a local hospital, according to state police. One of the young passengers was transported by helicopter.
The youth hockey group was identified as the SC Flyers, a girls’ team from Santa Clarita, California.
One person was killed and several were injured, including members of a hockey team, following an accident in Colorado. (KCNC, Broadcastify.com, SCFlyersHockey/F
“Words cannot express the heartbreak we are experiencing,” a team official said in a statement online.
According to the team’s website, the players were scheduled for a game at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton, Colorado, on Friday morning.
Both lanes of I-70 were reopened Thursday afternoon.
The Colorado State Patrol Vehicular Crimes Unit is investigating the crash.
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