Fatal auto v. semi-truck crash in Costilla County

A woman is dead after a serious crash on Colorado 160 when her car collided with a semi-truck tractor and trailer Saturday, said Colorado State Patrol in a release.

The accident occurred at 9:42 p.m. approximately 2 miles west of Blanca in Costilla County. The woman, identified as 57-year-old Sheila Rector, was driving a 2018 black Nissan Altima westbound on Colorado 160 when her car traveled into the eastbound lane.

The truck was in the eastbound lane driven by 38-year-old Daniel Uthoff of Sikeston County, Missouri. The vehicles collied in the eastbound lane and Rector’s vehicle became lodged under the front of the semi truck.

Both vehicles traveled off the right side of the road stuck together and came to rest in the barrow ditch.

Rector was pronounced dead at the scene and Uthoff was uninjured. Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.

This accident remains under investigation.