WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Two people were struck on eastbound Interstate 70 near Ward Road after they got out of their vehicle, which had broken down.
The crash happened around 3 a.m. on Saturday and resulted in the lanes being closed for several hours. In an update late Tuesday, Wheat Ridge Police said that investigators determined a vehicle had broken down in the lane of traffic that becomes the Ward Road off-ramp.
Two people who were in that vehicle got out, police said. While they were standing outside, another vehicle struck their disabled vehicle, which then hit them…