Multiple crashes shut down roads in Colorado
The crashes included one just south of Colorado Springs, where a tractor-trailer slid off the icy road, closing I-25 for hours on Jan. 5.
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00:00 I'm meteorologist Tony law back in Fountain, Colorado at the scene of a tractor trailer crash
00:04 Responsible for closing interstate 25 northbound just south of Colorado Springs this here in Fountain, Colorado
00:10 You see behind me as crews are working to get the tractor trailer back up on the interstate
00:14 After it wedged itself between the guardrail and the center median this actually had multiple trailers on it that crews had to
00:21 Strategically remove and allow them to get to this point where they were able to get the truck freed the interstate having been closed since just
00:27 After four o'clock on Friday morning so crews have been busy with this this snowstorm
00:32 Not packing a huge punch for folks here in southern, Colorado
00:35 Generally speaking three to six inches of snow fell late Thursday into early Friday morning before things cleared out pretty quickly
00:41 We did see a few other scattered wrecks on interstate 25 on the drive from Trinidad up here into the Fountain area
00:48 We're gonna be reloading here though mother nature bringing a big wallop of snow expected early next week
00:53 I will be heading out on the road likely someplace to Kansas or
00:56 Into Missouri to set up for what is gonna be a wallop of a snowstorm as nature really gets set to getting gear here
01:02 Early in 2024 reporting in Fountain, Colorado for AccuWeather. I'm meteorologist Tony law back
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