Some light rail passengers in southern Denver are being forced to use buses while works crews make repairs to a bridge that was hit Thursday by a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline.

The truck descended an Interstate 25 offramp at the Yale Avenue exit. It ran the red light at the traffic signal and crossed the intersection going southbound at high speed. The cab was destroyed in the impact with a light rail bridge support and the driver killed.

First responders from Denver police and fire departments immediately shut down Yale and both directions of I-25 as they worked to contain fuel spilling from the tanker trailer. Fortunately, no explosion occurred. The interstate's closure was brief.

Denver Fire and Denver Water personnel have not yet provided any estimate on the amount of fuel wh

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