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  • 4 killed in 30-vehicle crash on I-25 during wind-blown ‘brown out’ in southern Colorado

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    Four people were killed and 29 injured in a Tuesday morning crash on Interstate 25 in southern Colorado involving more than 30 vehicles, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

    Heavy winds blew dirt across I-25 south of Pueblo around 10 a.m., causing “brown out” conditions along the interstate, state patrol officials said.

    “Visibility was next to nothing,” Maj. Brian Lyons of the Colorado State Patrol said.

    As of 4 p.m., northbound I-25 remained closed between exit 91 for Stem Beach and Colorado 45 in Pueblo, near milemarker 94, according to state transportation officials. The interstate’s southbound lanes were cleared and reopened around 2:30 p.m..

    The northbound lanes will remain closed “for an extended period of time” as the crash cleanup and investigation continue, state patrol officials said in an afternoon update.

    Colorado State Patrol troopers responded to the pile-up crash on northbound I-25 involving commercial trucks and passenger cars about two miles south of Pueblo at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday, according to the state patrol. When troopers arrived, they also found a secondary crash in the southbound lanes.

    Together, the two crashes involved more than 30 vehicles, including six semitrailers, and four people were confirmed dead, state patrol officials said.

    The fatalities and injuries all occurred in the large crash in the northbound lanes, state patrol officials said. The crash in the southbound lanes only resulted in damage to vehicles.

    Paramedics took 29 people injured in the crash to hospitals, state patrol officials said. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Another 10 uninjured people remained on scene after the crash.

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  • Man shot by Monument officer after 50-mile police chase on I-25

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    A man suspected of stealing a truck was shot by police after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase of more than 50 miles down Interstate 25.

    The man, whose identity has not been released, shot at law enforcement an unknown number of times after driving off the road into a Pueblo County field, investigators said. One Monument police officer shot back, wounding the suspect.

    Monument police officers in El Paso County responded about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a pickup stolen in town, according to a news release from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.

    Police followed the stolen truck onto I-25 and chased it south, toward Colorado Springs, sheriff’s officials said.

    State troopers learned of the stolen car and chase about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and, minutes later, had an aircraft following the truck as it sped down I-25, according to the release.

    The driver exited the highway near Pueblo and fired at least once at the group of law enforcement officers following the truck, sheriff’s officials said.

    Pueblo County deputies joined the chase after the driver left the highway. Shortly after, the driver drove off the road into a field near Purcell Boulevard and Fairbanks Drive, according to the sheriff’s office.

    The truck stalled in the field, and the suspect shot several more times at law enforcement, sheriff’s officials said.

    A Monument police officer, who had followed the suspect from the beginning, returned fire and shot the man an unknown number of times, according to Pueblo County sheriff’s officials. At least one bullet hit the suspect, and he was taken to a Colorado Springs hospital by helicopter.

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