For the second time in two days, the area of Interstate 25 in and near Denver’s Tech Center was the scene of tragedy. Thursday, less than 24 hours after a five-vehicle crash killed State Senator Faith Winter near Dry Creek, a tanker truck sped down the southbound off-ramp at Yale Avenue and crashed into an overpass abutment, killing the driver and spilling massive amounts of fuel.
The Denver Police Department said the tanker was the only vehicle involved in the crash, and the driver died at the scene.
“I saw the truck just start coming out of the right side, coming off the highway and then you hear this ‘bang’ and he hit, took the light down. and then he went over the median in the center, took that light down and then he just plowed straight into the bridge for the train,” said Yosef Adler. Adler and his fiancé were traveling to a family Thanksgiving in Littleton and were stopped at a traffic light westbound on Yale. Adler’s dash camera recorded the speeding truck as it passed cars on the off-ramp, driving over the curbing and into the intersection without any apparent slowing.
“I didn’t hear any squealing of the tires. I didn’t see the truck slow down,” said Adler. “It just was going.”…