DENVER — A fatal crash involving a motorcyclist closed a stretch of Interstate 70 early Thursday morning, the Denver Police Department (DPD) said.
It happened around 1:24 a.m. Thursday at I-70 and N. Tennyson Street. All lanes of east and westbound I-70 were closed between Sheridan and Federal Boulevards.
Alternative routes were advised, but the roadway reopened around 3:48 a.m. Thursday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).
Fatal motorcyclist crash in Denver closes stretch of I-70 early Thursday
DPD is investigating what led up to the crash.
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