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Eastbound Interstate 70 in Denver back open after fatal hit-and-run crash

Denver police were diverting traffic off eastbound Interstate 70 at Central Park Boulevard earlier in the morning.
I-70 closed at Central Park blvd for a fatal crash
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Interstate 70 is back open after eastbound lanes were closed Saturday morning following a fatal hit-and-run-crash at Havana Street.

The Denver Police Department is looking for the driver who fled the four-car crash which killed one person.

The department tweeted shortly after 4:30 a.m. Saturday that the eastbound lanes were shut down at Central Park Boulevard for the fatal crash.

In addition to the person killed, one other person from the crash was taken to a nearby hospital. Their condition is not known this morning.

During the closure, officers were diverting traffic from eastbound I-70 and I-270 off the interstate at Central Park Boulevard and asked drivers to avoid the area.

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