A man died Monday morning in Elbert County after swerving into oncoming traffic on Colorado 86, according to the state patrol.
Colorado State Patrol troopers responded at 6:36 a.m. Monday to the fatal crash on the state highway, about seven miles east of Kiowa, according to a news release from the agency.
The 45-year-old driver of a 1993 Dodge pickup truck was driving west on Colorado 86 when he went off the right shoulder, overcorrected and swerved into the highway’s eastbound lane, striking the side of a 2022 Ford SUV, state patrol officials said in the release.
Paramedics took the Ford driver to a Parker hospital with serious injuries, but the Dodge driver died at the scene of the crash, state patrol officials said.
Colorado 86 was closed Monday morning for the crash cleanup and investigation, and was expected to remain closed through at least noon, according to the agency.
As of 11:15 a.m., the highway was closed between Pawnee Avenue near Elizabeth and Interstate 70 near Limon, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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