Woman killed, several injured in collision that shuts down highway

Font ResizeCops and CourtsLongmont Times-Calldenverpost.comPosted: 12/16/2012 06:58:30 PM MSTDecember 17, 2012 1:59 AM GMTUpdated: 12/16/2012 06:58:39 PM MST

LONGMONT — One person died and several others were injured in a Saturday night traffic accident that shut down Colorado Highway 66 on both sides of Pace Street, authorities said.

Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Mike Baker said the woman who suffered fatal injuries was a passenger in a 2006 Toyota SUV that was westbound on Colorado 66 when it collided with an eastbound 2007 Hummer SUV.

The driver of the Toyota and at least five occupants of the Hummer were all transported to Longmont United Hospital for treatment of their injuries, according to Baker and Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur.

Identities of the accident victims were not immediately available.

Baker said officers were dispatched to the scene about 5:30 p.m. and that the State Patrol was still investigating the circumstances of the crash — which he said appeared to have been a head-on collision — several hours later.

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