BACA COUNTY, CO – Three people are dead following a head-on crash in far southeastern Colorado early Wednesday morning.
State Patrol says a semi-trailer going south on Highway 287 veered into the northbound lanes and collided head-on into another tractor-trailer.
A third trucker tried to avoid the wreckage and hit a fence.
The crash happened between the towns of Springfield and Campo in Baca County near the Colorado/Oklahoma border.
The names of the deceased have not been released.