SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — The driver of a semi-truck was cited for careless driving following a four-vehicle crash that injured five people — one critically — on Interstate 70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel on Wednesday.

The crash happened just after 3 p.m. Wednesday on westbound I-70 near milepost 209, close to the Eisenhower Tunnel.

According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), a Freightliner semi-truck with a trailer was heading westbound in the right lane when it lost its brakes. The front of the truck collided with the rear of a second Freightliner truck, causing both vehicles to veer off the left side of the road.

CSP said the second Freightliner rolled over, coming to a rest on its passenger side in the median.

During the crash, the trailer of the first Freightliner struck a Rav-4 th

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