Crash kills 4, briefly closes highway

CRAWFORD — Four people are dead following a crash Wednesday afternoon that closed Highway 92 for a short time.

The Colorado State Patrol reported the four victims were traveling in a 2004 Hyundai Sonata at approximately 3:30 p.m., when their vehicle crossed the center line at milepost 16 and hit a 1979 Ford dump truck and trailer head-on.

All were reported dead in the crash; names were not immediately available Thursday, as next of kin had not yet been notified.

The Hyundai spun counterclockwise for a half-turn and went off the south side of the road.

The dump truck also ran off the south side of the road and its trailer rolled for a quarter turn, coming to rest across both lanes of traffic.

Its driver escaped injury.

The CSP did not suspect drugs or alcohol as factors.