DENVER (KDVR) — An arrest affidavit is shedding new light on a deadly wrong-way crash with a suspected DUI driver that closed Interstate 70 in Wheat Ridge for hours on Thursday.
The affidavit details how officers found the scene on eastbound I-70 near the Ward Road ramps. A Ford Escape was found facing north in the dirt between the off-ramp and on-ramp, and had significant front end damage.
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A Lexus RX350 was facing east on the north shoulder of I-70, just west of the off-ramp at Ward Road. The Lexus was described as having extensive damage on the front driver’s side of the vehicle, extending back toward the front driver’s side door.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the driver of the Ford Escape as Jody Weber, 36, of Lakewood. She was found dead in the backseat of the car. Police said it appeared she hadn’t been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Her two-year-old son was found in a car seat in the backseat with scrapes and bruises, but no substantial injuries, according to the court document…