Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Officer raced to prevent deadly wrong-way crash on I-70, but driver didn't stop

DENVER, CO -- For at least 9 miles — maybe 10 minutes or more — a driver at the wheel of his darkened semitrailer truck was oblivious to people trying to tell him he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 70.

A Limon, Colorado police officer drove west in the correct lanes and caught up with the wrong-way Freightliner, drove into the median alongside the truck with lights and sirens blaring to no avail.