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Semi Hauling Beer Tips Over At Problem Area In Wheat Ridge

wheat ridge beer truck from WRPD
(credit: Wheat Ridge Police Department)

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) - A semi-truck hauling 44,000 pounds of Coors beer tipped over Wednesday afternoon in Wheat Ridge.

The right lane of Interstate 70 near the ramp from Highway 58 had to be closed for several hundred yards.

It was the fifth semi crash this year at the same particular curve. There also have been two pickup crashes and one motorcycle crash. The motorcycle crasy was fatal.

There were no injuries in Wednesday's crash. The driver will be cited with careless driving.

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