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Pickup Truck Driver Killed In Crash With RV
RV Blew Out Front Tire, Causing Crash On Highway 6 Near Parachute
POSTED: 11:14 am MDT June 22, 2011
UPDATED: 11:49 am MDT June 22, 2011
PARACHUTE, Colo. -- A 35-year-old Rifle man has died after his pickup truck collided head-on with an RV.The Colorado State Patrol said an RV driven by 68-year-old James Vanacore of Florida was traveling westbound in the right lane on Interstate 70 on Tuesday when his RV blew a front tire.Vanacore lost control of his vehicle and it veered off the highway, through a deer fence, and into the eastbound lane of Highway 6 where it struck a pickup truck driven by Vance Flynn.
Flynn was flown to St. Marys Hospital in Grand Junction where he later died.
The occupants of the RV sustained minor injuries.Highway 6 was closed for over 6 hours while the investigation was completed.
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