DENVER — Journey points stretched throughout Colorado and past on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day attributable to bitterly chilly temperatures and snow.
A multi-car pileup on Interstate 25 in north Denver backed up the interstate in each instructions for hours Monday morning. Colorado State Patrol stated nobody was injured.
Issues weren’t any higher at Denver Worldwide Airport.
“We have been three hours late leaving Calgary, so then we obtained right here too late for me to make my connecting flight,” stated Lorraine Hjalte. “So now I’ve needed to e book with one other airline, and I’m making an attempt to get my suitcase off the unique airline so we’re all collectively.”
Hjalte and lots of of vacationers have been quickly stranded at DIA. Airways reported lots of of delays and cancellations.
“The whole lot went useless. So fortunately, any individual left this beautiful charger within the wall. I’m charging every thing up so I’m able to go,” Hjalte stated as she labored to cost her electronics. “I’m flying on Delta, hopefully, to Atlanta after which on to Ashville as a result of I’m going there for a pictures workshop. So I’m crossing my fingers.”
“At the moment actually was terrible,” stated Toni Edel, who’s visiting from Israel and heading to Phoenix. “We missed our first flight due to the climate. So, as a substitute of leaving at 10 a.m., we’re now leaving at 7 p.m. I’m not used to this climate. Like minus 22 levels. It’s loopy. It is sizzling in my nation.”
In Colorado’s excessive nation, it was extra of the identical for these on the roads.
Colorado State Patrol helped coordinate a number of closures on Interstate 70, together with closures and back-ups at Floyd Hill, Georgetown, and Silverthorne.
Snow, ice create journey nightmare throughout all of Colorado
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