At least one person died Tuesday after a car drove off of a highway overpass and landed on train tracks in Lone Tree, causing a crash with a Regional Transportation District light rail train, officials said.
The car was pinned between the train and a wall, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. Officials confirmed one person inside the car died but didn’t say if anyone else was inside the car.
“At this point, it appears it was a single car crash with a driver, where the vehicle went off the road and landed near the RTD light rail tracks,” Lone Tree spokesperson Melissa Gallegos said in a statement.
The train operator and only passenger on board were not injured, South Metro officials said.
South Metro crews responded to the crash near RTD’s Lincoln Station at 10200 Station Way in Lone Tree at about 1:23 a.m. Tuesday, officials said. They said the car drove off an overpass near the C-470 and I-25 interchange.
RTD’s E Line was suspended and buses replaced part of the R Line during the crash cleanup and investigation, according to RTD.
Both light rail lines reopened at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after RTD completed an inspection of the track and retaining wall, RTD spokesperson Marta Sipeki said.
Lincoln Station, County Line Station, Dry Creek Station, Arapahoe at Village Center Station, Orchard Station and Belleview Station were all affected by the partial R Line closure.
Sipeki said passengers should still expect delays in the area through the afternoon as RTD works to get trains running along both tracks.
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