Several accidents close highways 13, 64 Sunday

MEEKER — Sunday Feb. 3 kept officers and rescue crews busy with several accidents that shut down the highways near Meeker.
The first accident occurred at 7:28 a.m. when a PTI truck went off the road at 64800 Hwy. 64. The tanker trailer carrying 25,000 pounds of propane separated from the cab, turned onto its side and continued to slide down the highway. Deputy Clay Caldwell of the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office responded to…