PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — I-25 was closed for several hours on Friday night while crews worked to clear the wreckage of a fatal crash.
According to the Pueblo Police Department, the crash occurred along the northbound I-25 at the City Center exit, which happened around 9:20 p.m.
Police say the driver heading the wrong way crashed into another vehicle. The wrong-way driver was dead at the scene.
The driver has since been identified as John P. Morrone; his cause of death is still under investigation.
The person in the other vehicle was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the department.
No details about what led up to the crash were shared at the time of this article's publishing.
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