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Northbound E-470 back open in Aurora following 'major crash' involving two semis, Aurora police say

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DENVER – A major crash on E-470 in Aurora involving two semis shut down all northbound traffic along the highway for nearly two hours, according to the Aurora Police Department.

Officers with the Aurora Police Department were responding to a “report of a major crash” on E-470 at E. 26th Ave. shortly after 12:30 p.m. By 1:43 p.m., police said the crash involved two semis, though further details about the crash were not immediately released

All northbound traffic of E-470 was shut down beginning at Colfax.

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Traffic was being diverted to I-70 while investigators from the Colorado State Patrol canvassed the scene.

That section of the highway reopened shortly after 2 p.m. after the semies were removed from the roadway. It's unclear if there were any injuries from that crash.


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