Semi truck driver killed after colliding with snowplow on Colorado interstate

A semi truck driver was killed in a crash with a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) snowplow in Huerfano County on Wednesday morning.

Shortly before 5 a.m. on February 12, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) responded to northbound I-25 near Walsenburg for a reported crash.

CSP says that the initial investigation shows that a semi truck struck the rear of a CDOT snowplow at mile marker 57.

The truck driver was pronounced dead as the scene.

The snowplow driver was hospitalized with injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information is asked to call Colorado State Patrol Dispatch at (719) 544-2424.