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May 1, 2008 3:59 pm US/Mountain

High Country Gets More Than 1 Foot Of Snow

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Ed Greene
DENVER (AP) ― One person was killed after a car crash during a heavy spring snowstorm that moved across Colorado on May Day, with up to 16 inches of snow expected in the high country.

The afternoon accident on eastbound Interstate 70 about a half mile east of Watkins resulted in one death, the Colorado State Patrol said.

Trooper Ryan Sullivan said the accident involved nine vehicles, including a state patrol car and a Colorado Department of Transportation truck responding to an earlier accident. Sullivan said the trooper and CDOT employee were not injured.

Multiple accidents has also closed Interstate 70 in both directions at Bennett, about 30 miles east of Denver.

Wintry weather was blamed for a rash of minor accidents earlier Thursday that closed westbound Interstate 70 for about 90 minutes just west of Denver.

"There's a lot of slide-offs, fender-bender types," State Patrol Master Trooper Ron Watkins said.

Watkins said up to 40 cars were involved in minor accidents on U.S. 36 near Lyons, 30 miles northwest of Denver. No injuries have been reported there.

The storm dropped up to 5 inches in Douglas County and Boulder County received more than 3 inches.

Loveland ski area, one of about three Colorado resorts still open, reported 6 inches.

The National Weather Service said 8 to 16 inches of snow could fall in the northern mountains. Up to 11 inches was forecast for the central mountains.

"Don't be fooled by the date," forecasters said in a heavy snow warning.

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference officials canceled the opening day of their 2008 softball tournament in Golden.

In the mountains, snow prompted authorities to require chains on commercial vehicles on more than a half-dozen mountain passes.

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for high fire danger in the southeast corner of the state. Baca County banned open fires because of dry, windy conditions.

Rain and snow is likely in the Denver area Thursday with chances continuing through the evening. Winds will be out of the north at 10 to 20 mph with highs in the upper 40s. Little or no snow accumulation is expected in the urban corridor.

The moisture will come to an end overnight with cloudy skies and lows around 30.

Friday will bring some partly sunny skies to Denver with a slight chance of early precipitation and highs in the low to mid 40s.

Conditions look to improve over the weekend with sunshine and highs in the 60s. Monday will start next week off on a nice note with highs around 70.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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