Colorado State Patrol investigators released more details Friday about what happened leading up to Thursday's deadly fiery crash on I-70 in the high country.

The westbound lanes of I-76 were closed in Colorado after a crash in Commerce City on Friday morning. The crash closed the westbound lanes between Colorado Highway 2 or Colorado Boulevard and Colorado Highway 44 or 104th Avenue in Commerce City. What caused the crash is being investigated.

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — Westbound lanes of Interstate 76 are closed between Colorado Highway 2 and 104th Avenue Friday morning. At about 5:40 a.m. Friday, the Colorado Department of Transportation posted about the crash on the social platform X. Commerce City Police is on scene and investigating the rollover crash.

Five people have been transported to the hospital following a rollover crash in the 11400 block of westbound Interstate 76 early Friday morning.

Officials with CDOT sent out a warning to Denver-area drivers in the afternoon to avoid heading up to the high country due to a fatal crash on Interstate 70. Westbound I-70 reopened after 5 p.m.

Westbound Interstate 70 was closed for hours Wednesday near the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel after an early morning crash involving a tractor-trailer, according to the Colorado Department of

Interstate 70 westbound reopens, following a fatal crash near Eisenhower Tunnel which lead to lane closures and detours.

At least three people, including children, are dead after a Wednesday afternoon crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Cedar Point in Elbert County, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

Three people were killed, including two children, in a crash that shut down eastbound Interstate 70 for several hours in Elbert County Wednesday afternoon, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

Colorado State Patrol is providing the latest information on a crash that left three people dead and shut down eastbound Interstate 70 in Elbert County Wednesday afternoon.