Fort Morgan, CO : Four killed in I-76 crash near Sterling on Saturday, 7th April 2018

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that occurred just minutes after midnight Saturday morning five miles from the Sterling exit on Interstate 76.

According to Trooper Gary Cutler of CSP's Public Affairs Office, at 12:10 a.m. a Freightliner semi was eastbound at milemarker 130 and jackknifed on the slick roadway, ending up in the median with the trailer across both eastbound lanes of the interstate.

A Chrysler Pacifica carrying four people collided head-on with the jackknifed trailer, shearing the top of the vehicle off as it traveled under the trailer and into the median. Cutler said all four individuals died on scene and their remains were transferred to the Logan County Coroner's Office.

The people who were killed have been identified as a family from Michigan.

Thomas Toth and Christina Daskas-Toth, both 48, and two 11- and 8-year-old girls were pronounced dead at the scene, Colorado State Patrol trooper Tim Schaefer said. He did not know why the four were traveling in Colorado.

The Colorado Department of Transportation issued an alert at 1:05 a.m. that the eastbound lanes of I-76 were closed at mile marker 125, and an update 20 minutes later stated all lanes were closed. A local detour was put in place to divert traffic. At 7:22 a.m., CDOT announced that the westbound lanes had been reopened. The eastbound lanes were back open by 9:53 a.m.

According to Cutler, the semi driver, Abdihkim Mohamed, 46, of Georgia, was not injured.

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Four killed in I-76 crash near Sterling identified