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CSP IDs man killed in Thursday wreck outside Kremmling

Two people died in a wreck Thursday evening on US Highway 40 about a mile east of Kremmling. Two others were airlifted to a Denver hospital.
From Grand County Sheriff’s Office

Colorado State Patrol has identified one of two people killed in a head-on car wreck that happened on US Highway 40 outside Kremmling Thursday evening.

Nicholas Polashek of Blackhawk was a passenger in a 1998 Jeep Cherokee that collided with a pickup truck. He was killed instantly, CSP said.

The name of the woman who was driving the Jeep and also died in the wreck has been withheld pending notification of her family.



CSP has also identified the driver in the pickup, a 1999 Dodge Ram, as Ignacio Hernandez of Kremmling.

Hernandez and a passenger in the pickup were both airlifted to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver with serious injuries while another passenger suffered minor injuries.



Officers responded to the wreck near milepost 186 on US 40 around 5:15 p.m. Thursday. The Jeep was eastbound on the highway when it veered off the right side of the road, came back onto the highway and collided with the Dodge, according to CSP.

US 40 was closed until almost 9 p.m. while drivers were detoured around the wreck. CSP is still investigating, but speeding and impairment have been identified as potential contributing factors.


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