Second Driver Dies After Wrong-Way Crash In Grand Junction Save Email Print
Posted: 8:21 AM May 14, 2008
Last Updated: 8:21 AM May 14, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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A second person has died of injuries suffered when a van traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 70 struck a car in Grand Junction.

Police say the woman driving a Dodge Caravan died Monday evening, a few hours after the crash.

Authorities say the woman drove the wrong way in a roundabout, then merged onto I-70 from an exit ramp and traveled west in the eastbound lanes before hitting a Chevrolet Monte Carlo head-on.

The van driver's name has not been released. The driver of the Monte Carlo, 26-year-old Jenny Trover of Fruita, died at the scene.

A 5-month-old boy riding with Trover remains hospitalized.

Grand Junction Police Officer T.J. Rix says both vehicles were traveling at least 60 mph when the crash occurred.

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