Closure of each main highway in northeastern Colorado leaves truckers stranded

A blizzard in jap Colorado prompted the closure of each main highway within the northeastern a part of the state on Tuesday, leaving truckers stranded. 

The December thirteenth closures left truck drivers within the space with no selection however to close down and wait it out. Interstate 70 and Interstate 76 had been each closed down for greater than 100 miles, and practically each different main roadway between Denver and Kansas had been shut down as nicely. In Colorado, there are not any different main interstates that instantly join Denver to the remainder of the nation to the east and west, reported 9 Information.

“Sitting right here, I’m probably not being profitable,” stated Thomas Mack, a truck driver who stopped at a fuel station in Hudson, Colorado that was stuffed with drivers wishing they had been out on the highway. “If I can preserve the truck transferring, that’s how I can preserve making the cash.”

“When you get delayed, that actually units your schedule again,” stated Isaac Kocho, who was caught ready for hours within the car parking zone of a Carl’s Jr. “Time is of the essence. When there are backups and delays and highway closures, it actually does set us again.”

“You’ve just about obtained I-70, 25, and 76. There’s in all probability again methods in that I don’t learn about, however these roads are going to be closed longer than what the interstates shall be,” Mack continued.

“The most secure factor to do is simply to attend and never take any possibilities or dangers as a result of it may get catastrophic,” Kocho stated. “All of it comes all the way down to mom nature.”