Juvenile dead after crash on Highway 115

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – A juvenile is dead after a crash on CO-115 Monday afternoon, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) has confirmed.
According to CSP, the agency received a call about a crash between a vehicle and a semi at mile marker 29 on Highway 115, just north of Penrose, at approximately 1 p.m. on June 9.
CSP says the driver of the vehicle was taken to a hospital by ambulance, while a juvenile passenger in the same vehicle was transported via medical helicopter.
The agency said that the juvenile was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
As of 5:30 p.m., the southbound lanes of Highway 115 in the area near the crash remain completely closed off, and traffic is being alternated through the northbound lane, CSP said.
The southbound lanes are expected to remain closed for an extended period while the agency investigates. They say there is currently no time frame for the road to reopen.
CSP is asking those who witnessed this crash and have not yet spoken to investigators to call Colorado State Patrol Dispatch at (719) 544-2424.
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