Colorado Springs woman identified as wrong-way driver in deadly Interstate 70 crash

LOMA, Colo. (KJCT) — New information was released Monday night about the deadly crash on Interstate 70 near the Utah-Colorado state line that left one dead and five wounded.

Troopers said that a Subaru Outback was traveling east in the westbound lane when it slammed into a Ford F-150 head-on. The impact sent the Outback down an embankment where it rolled onto the driver’s side and caught fire, and the F-150 was sent into a spin before stopping in the middle of the westbound lanes.

The driver of the outback, a 32-year-old Colorado Springs woman, died immediately. Officials said her name will be released after her next-of-kin are notified…

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