I-70 rollover crash near Agate injures several

Crash happened near mile marker 348

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Posted: 02/11/2013
Last Updated: 101 days ago

ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. - Five people were hurt in a rollover crash on westbound Interstate 70 near Agate on Monday morning.

The Colorado State Patrol said the driver of a Ford SUV hit the back of a utility truck. The SUV went off the highway and rolled.

Video from Airtracker7 showed the SUV on its side in the grass next to I-70 at mile marker 348.

Four people had to be rescued from the SUV, the Colorado State Patrol reported.

The driver, Steven Laver, 27, of Oklahoma, and Stephanie Williams, 24, of Oklahoma, were seriously injured. They were taken by helicopter to Swedish Medical Center in Denver.

Two children in the SUV, a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old boy, were taken to the same hospital by ambulance. They have minor injuries, according to state troopers.

The driver of the utility truck also had minor injuries.

Agate is about 50 miles east of E-470.

Troopers are still trying to determine what caused the crash.

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