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I-25 Traffic Slowed After Motorcycle Crashes, RTD Bus Gets Stuck

DENVER (CBS4) - Traffic was slowed Thursday morning when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 25 south of Denver.

It happened at approximately 6 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-25 near the County Line Road exit.

A witnesses said the motorcyclist was down in the middle of the interstate, and traffic was at a complete standstill as of 6:15 a.m. for the northbound lanes of travel.

I-25 bus/motorcycle crash traffic
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An RTD bus being directed around the motorcycle crash then got stuck on the median beside the highway when trying to cross it.

Another RTD bus arrived on scene at approximately 6:30 a.m. to take passengers from the original RTD bus involved in the crash.

Three lanes reopened as of 6:25 a.m., but by that time traffic backed all the way to I-25 and C-470.

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The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital as a precaution but was uninjured. Nobody on the bus was injured.

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