Craig, CO — There was an accident last Friday, December 20, near the rural town of Craig that killed a young man, 17-year old Torivio Tovar. Police said that Tovar was killed after his pickup truck was in a wreck with a semi-truck.
This happened that Friday afternoon, the news reports, in the eastbound lanes of Highway 40. Tovar had been driving his Ford F-250 pickup truck west along Highway 40, just a few miles west of Craig, when he started to lose control (potentially due to ice on the road).
His truck veered across the center lines and went into oncoming traffic, where it collided head-on with an eastbound semi-truck. The accident caused Tovar’s Ford to skid back into the westbound lanes and drive off the shoulder of the highway. Tovar was killed in the accident, though the truck driver (Jeffery Higgs) wasn’t harmed. Police said he was taking water to Craig when the wreck happened.
Ice on the roads may have been a factor here, but police said they need to investigate some more before releasing information. As of the end of the month, they hadn’t posted any more updates.
Scene of the Accident
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