As it turns out grandson Keegan drove thru that spot just minutes before the
pile up. He goes to work at 5 am and noticed the black ice when he went thru
that spot. we meet his new girlfriend tonight ... to see if he is good enough
for her. she has the same name as my car ... lexus. We go to a baby-Tyler
concert in Golden ... had to buy tickets. DP
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13 people taken to hospital after big crash on 6th Avenue
About 100 motorists were involved in a crash Friday morning at 6th Avenue at
Kalamath Street.
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November 3, 2022Updated: 11:22 AM MDT November 5, 2022
DENVER — A large crash on Denver's icy streets Friday morning sent 13 people to
the hospital and led to minor injuries for 70 others.
The crash closed eastbound and westbound West 6th Avenue at North Kalamath
Street to North Federal Boulevard for several hours. DPD said about 100
motorists were involved.
All lanes of 6th Avenue reopened just after 11 a.m. Friday.
Fire officials said crews had to cut people out of 5-6 vehicles and that one of
the people who was hospitalized had serious injuries.
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Because of a stranger trying to warn drivers of a pile-up ahead, driver
Margaret Olah was able to stop her car before crashing into others.
"I was able to stop thanks to the man in the brown coat," she said. "I don't
know his name. I don't know anything about him. I just recognized something was
wrong. It's not normal to see a bumper and man waving."
She said the man was warning people to slow down.
"I just thought, 'Okay, we're good. We're stopped,' and then I immediately got
hit from the back side and I ended up facing north on 6th and I just prayed
that I didn't go over the wall," Olah said.
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She said debris was everywhere on 6th Avenue.
"There's car parts that were under my car that didn't belong to my car," Olah
said. "There's wheels, people who just don't have wheels on their cars anymore.
You could see radiators and fenders."
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Claire Heger just moved to Denver six months ago. She said she got her brand
new car six months ago, too. Now, it needs a few repairs.
"But, you know, I bought a big vehicle to come out here for a reason," she
said. "For the weather and a big vehicle kind of saved me today. It was
definitely pretty terrifying just watching it all happen."
Before crashing, Heger said she could see the pile-up but there was nothing she
could do to stop her car on the icy road.
"I was slamming on brakes over and over again," Heger said. "At that point, I
had enough time to even think about like, 'Okay where should I hit? Are there
people outside?' You had time to think because the ice went back so far."
