Miracle, AZ : 72-year-old man killed in Smart car and a garbage truck crash Highway 9 on Friday October 9 2015

A State Highway 9 crash in Breckenridge closed traffic in both directions late Friday afternoon, as Colorado State Patrol

officers investigated a resulting fatality. Trooper Tim Sutherland said the accident involved a Smart car and a garbage

truck.The driver of the smart car, a 72-year-old male from Boca Raton, Florida, died in the crash. According to the

Colorado State Patrol report, the man was turning left onto southbound Highway 9 from Revette Drive, but failed to yield to

a garbage truck that was driving north on the highway. Both vehicles collided on the driver side.
Sutherland the 72-year-old male was not wearing a seatbelt, but no alcohol or drugs were involved. The highway was reopened

at 3:44 p.m., more than an hour after the collision.
We’re still in the beginning stages of our investigation,” Sutherland said. “We’ve had a lot of fatalities this year.

People need to be cognizant of their surroundings and pay attention.”


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Florida man killed in Highway 9 crash