Basalt, CO : Three from Carbondale seriously injured in Hwy. 82 head-on crash on Wednesday, 21st October, 2020

Two children and a 31-year-old Carbondale woman were seriously injured Wednesday in a head-on collision involving their SUV and a half-ton pickup truck on Highway 82 near Basalt. An infant that was riding in the SUV was uninjured and released to its grandmother, said Cpl. Ivan Alvarado of the Colorado State Patrol on Wednesday night. The victims’ names were not immediately available.

Three other vehicles were involved in the accident after the initial head-on collision of the truck and the SUV, said Scott Thompson, fire chief of Roaring Fork Fire, which received a dispatch call at 7:57 a.m. during the busy morning rush hour for commuters, school buses and those trying to access public transportation. Highway 82 between Willits Lane and Two Rivers Road was closed for almost seven hours as traffic crept slowly along the detour route of the frontage road.

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