Colorado State Patrol

Force in Play

Investigating I-25 crash

Four people died and 29 were hospitalized when 85-mph gusts swept across Interstate 25 near Pueblo, Colorado on February 17, 2026, creating a 'brownout' that reduced visibility to zero and triggered a 36-vehicle pileup including seven semi-trucks. The victims—a father and son from Walsenburg, and two women from nearby communities—were killed in a chain-reaction collision that unfolded in seconds as drivers entered a wall of airborne dirt they could not see through or stop in time to avoid.

Updated Feb 18