GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO : Car crashes, rolls over, catches fire at I-25 and Orchard Road on Thursday, 31st January 2019
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Police have arrested one person after a car crashed and caught fire early Thursday morning on Interstate 25.
Greenwood Village police said they responded to the crash around 11:30 p.m. at I-25 and Orchard Road.
One car was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control, colliding with the center concrete barrier, police said. Multiple chunks of concrete were "catapulted into the southbound I-25 lanes," police said. The car that struck the barrier went airborne, struck a large street lamp in the center median and rolled multiple times before catching on fire.
The driver, who was identified as Alex Burger, 28, of Denver, escaped with minor injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI and will be charged with reckless driving and vehicular assault.
Video from Denver7 viewer Joshua Reising showed that the car had caught fire after the crash.
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