Colo. Guard takes aid to snowbound travelers
By Katie Oyan - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Apr 18, 2009 14:58:03 EDT
DENVER — Colorado transportation officials on Saturday reopened a lengthy section of Interstate 70 that was closed overnight, stranding hundreds of travelers, by a storm that dumped more than 3 feet of snow in the region west of Denver.
A winter storm warning remained in effect for parts of the state, the National Weather Service said.
More than 500 people had spent the night at three shelters in Idaho Springs and Georgetown after the closure of the 80-mile stretch of I-70 in the mountains, said Jim Rettew, an American Red Cross spokesman.
The Colorado National Guard delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food to the stranded travelers.
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