you can see this truck almost went up aad over into the south platte river. there'ssdenver police you can see the skid marks on southbound i-225. i think this tree probably saved this driver from going into the south platte. >>> good monday morning. this is a live look over sixth and alameda on i-225. >> reporter: jayson, what can you tell us? >> reporter: it is hard to see, but i want you to alert your attention right here. see that truck? that's actually a truck right next to that tree. you can see the skid marks going off the southbound i-225. you can see the skid marks right here hits the wall up over the wall and then almost went into the river. if it weren't for that tree, that truck would have beennin the river, so it's actually welcome news that that truck river. the driver apparently got out. the denver fire department came, checked eveeythinggout and left pretty quickly afterward, so it leads me to believe that that driver is we don't know if there were any passengers in that vehicle, but obviously a very scary situation. one lane is closed. and obvi

the truck almost crashed into the south platte river. denver fire officials tell us they got the truck driver out safely. as a matter of fact, that driver got out before firefighters got there. that person did have to go to the hospital for some back pain, though. investigators still have not said what caused this wreck. crews have since pulled that truck back on to i-25, but it caused a lot of traffic backups during the morning commute. a lot of people curious about what happened here. >>> on the boulder turnpike, construction is all done, and drivers on u.s. 36 are getting their first chance to try out the second phase of toll lanes. the new lane runs from table mesa to lewisville. right now, you can use it for free. c-dot will start charging next month. as for the toll lanes, already in use, c-dot says it has seen an increase in speeds and more consistent travel times, throughout the first phase of the project. which is great news for you who drive it every day. speeds from 2011 to 2015, and found that speeds were 10 miles per hour fa

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remains on lockdown at this hour and no students >>> a truck driver was left dangling over the south platte river. 6th avenue. hard to imagine how this guy was even able to get out of the cab. >> he got out on his own and being treated for minor injuries. the truck was removed a few hours ago. >>> we have new details on the crash that sent six people to the hospital including children. police in littleton said there were six people in the van that crashed last night. police are now saying the driver had been drinks. two children were treated for serious injuries. it looks like the driver hit a curbings over corrected and suv. -- hit a curb. >>> brraking news out of aurora, this is after a car an apartment complex near first >> we are learning several people were home at the time. jayson gruenauer is live on the scene. jayson you just talked tt one of the residents? >> reporter: i did. he was actually home with his daughter around 9:00, 9:30 last night. and then a car actually drove through his apartment. the car hopped over this concrete barrier, which is quite tall bolted to the ground, through

southbound side of i-25, 6th avenue, here's the south platte river, and down to alameda, university looking okay. northbound side moving along just fine. 270, 1 of our typical heavy spots, from york on that eastbound side, some congestion, not that tight stop and go, but congested from this point heading over to i-70. starting to see a little bit more traffic. south side of town, i-25, highway 85 looking really nice. c-470 looking nice. you can see the drive times from bailey, aspen park to c- 470, 15 minutes from aspen park through there. offfreeway issues, accident at simms, south of 285. % also one on simms at 285. might be oneein the same. i wouldn't be surprised if it's just one accident instead of two that's been reported. >>> look what's happening in new jersey this morningg warehouse fire jumped from one warehouse to another. been burning almost 17 hours. hundreds of volunteers called it's at a warehouse park if you will. town of hillsborough. one firefighter injured. multiple warehouses on fire. seen for about 50 miles. power is shut off to people around there, schools closed. >>>

fairly mild in eastern colorado with some of the coolest ratings down low right along the south platte river. windy conditions again west side of metro denver. 25, 35 mile-per-hour wind gusts in the foothills. more like 40 to 50 wind gusts. 50s and 60s at lower terrain. we'll keep it sunny with a pretty decent rebound 30s and 40s in most locations. we get that good chinook effect. low 70s down south. we'll be in the mid-60s today with the wind continuing through the day. tonight, as we stay pretty close to freezing -- on the west side of town, i think we'll have a lot of folks above freezing. we're still 60 plus. saturday is windy out of the south and cooler from the north. the first couple of days this week, what do you think today will shape up to be? >> i think today is going to be heavier. monday everyone was recovering from the super bowl celebrations, and tuesday, of course, a lot of folks, hundreds of thousands headed downtown. maybe they headed into work a little late. today i think we're back in the swing of things, starting off with a busy beginning on i-25. delays are still light

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dangling over the concrete barrier, stuck there by the front axle but it almost went into the south platte river. lanes and slowdowns had gone all the way back to the north end near 120th. alternate routes are complicated but we will detail them on channel 20. now we are in the single digits on the way to the tech center. i-25 is not the best way to go today. >> such a tough part of the day to have to do that. >>> we will do that with a little bit of sun early on and more clouds moving in. north and west facing slopes west of the continental divide, some light showers over the eastern plains and some showers that will want to get going over the i-25 corridor but the wind will be so strong that we are going to see yet but all of that up. i think we end up with high clouds and warm temperatures. they are gusting over 30 miles per hour with highs in the 60s, 30s and 40s in the showers in the mountain valleys. we stay fairly mild tonight at 30 degrees and for the first go big or go home >>> it's 8:30 now. it is monday morning, 29th of february, 2016. it is leap day. tamron -- >> do me a favor, tell