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2 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Interstate 70

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May 29, 2008 9:09 am US/Mountain

2 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Interstate 70

PARACHUTE, Colo. (AP) ― Two people are dead after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 in Garfield County.

The Colorado State Patrol says 71-year-old Bruce H. Edmondson of Aspen was heading east in the westbound lanes of I-70 about 1:15 a.m. Thursday when his Toyota MR2 slammed head-on into a Honda sedan.

Both vehicles spun counter clockwise before coming to rest on the roadway, about 7 miles west of Parachute.

The Garfield County coroner pronounced both drivers dead at the scene. Authorities say the Honda driver was 28-year-old Alexander R. Taft of Chicago.

Trooper Gilbert Mares says alcohol use on Edmondson's part may have played a role in the crash.

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