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Fuel Spills In One I-70 Crash, Semi Rolls Down Hill In Another

EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4) - Icy road conditions in Colorado's foothills are possibly to blame for two different serious crashes involving semi trucks early Wednesday morning. All lanes of I-70 reopened several hours later, at 11:30 a.m.

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A truck crashed on Interstate 70 at Beaver Brook on the west side of Evergreen and left a small diesel spill.

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Hazmat crews were at the scene early Wednesday morning to clean things up. They said approximately 200 gallons spilled.

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That crash happened at 4:25 a.m. and no one was hurt.

The other crash happened a few miles away at a approximately the same time and also on I-70. In that one, a semi truck with Swift written on the trailer slid down an embankment. A box truck also slid into the median and tipped over.

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Portions of I-70 were closed due to the crashes. At 6:30 a.m. the westbound lanes were closed in the area.

All lanes were reopened at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

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