Boulder ,CO : Icy roads cause 39-car pileup and other crashes during morning commute along U.S. Highway 36 on Friday ,April 3rd 2015

A spring snowstorm and icy roads caught Colorado drivers by surprise Friday, causing a 39-vehicle pileup near Boulder and other bad wrecks that shut down highways during the morning commute.

No serious injuries were reported in the crashes on U.S. Highway 36 between Boulder and Denver, but tow-truck drivers were kept busy hauling away damaged cars.

Lisa Lai told the Daily Camera newspaper she avoided hitting a crash in front of her and ended up propped against a highway barrier — and out of the way — as other peoples' vehicles piled up.

"My car was just sitting there on this little island on its own," she said. "It was pretty surreal. I feel pretty lucky today."

In Aurora, near Denver, one person died after being thrown from an Oldsmobile Bravada that lost control and rolled on an icy stretch of Interstate 225, striking a passing public bus.



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Icy roads cause 39-car pileup, other crashes during morning commute in Colorado