One Dead, Another Injured After Fiery Tanker Truck Crash in Colorado

DENVER—One person died and another was hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into a tanker truck carrying fuel on Colorado’s main east-west highway near Denver on Thursday, sending up a fireball and a huge plume of black smoke, authorities said. The crash happened on the westbound Interstate 70 near Morrison, 18 miles (30 kilometers) west of Denver, where the highway begins its climb into the mountains. The tanker truck, which was carrying diesel and gasoline, was parked on the shoulder when another vehicle crashed into it, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer said. Investigators are still looking into why, he said. A person in the vehicle died, and the truck driver was hospitalized, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said. Details on the truck driver’s injuries were not available, Mr. Moltrer said....