AURORA, Colo. — Police in Aurora urged drivers to find alternate routes if traveling northbound on Interstate 225 for a couple of hours after a woman was killed in a four-vehicle crash on the interstate Friday afternoon.
Aurora police reported the crash just before 3:30 p.m. Friday via X, formerly Twitter. Investigators said the crash, which they initially reported as a serious injury crash, involved four-vehicles and a motorcycle.
The rider of the motorcycle, who was only identified as a woman, was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, and died shortly after arriving, according to police.
There were no other injuries reported at the scene of the crash.
All northbound lanes of I-225 were shut down at Smith Road in Aurora and traffic was being diverted to 17th Place, but the roadway reopened to all traffic by 4:40 p.m., according to a follow-up post.
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