The springtime travel hazard of rockfall was put on display on Thursday morning in Colorado.
According to a 6:50 a.m. report from the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office, several rocks crashed down onto I-70 West around mile marker 236, which is located between Empire and Idaho Springs. As a result of the rock fall, one person was sent to the hospital and several drivers reported blown tires. A total of five vehicles sustained damage due to the falling rocks.
It was not noted if the person who was hospitalized sustained an injury from a falling rock, from a related vehicular collision, or otherwise…