Silver Plume, Colorado is in the mountains west of Denver on I-70. This one almost gets the Oh Duh Award.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/h ... 79,00.html

Two state troopers hurt in crash

By Rocky Mountain News
October 27, 2006
Two Colorado State Patrol officers were injured this morning when the driver of a GMC Yukon lost control of the vehicle near Silver Plume and crashed into their patrol car.
Trooper Randy Noftsger, who has been with the patrol for two years, sustained moderate injuries, and cadet Gabriel Easton suffered minor injuries. Both were taken to St. Anthony Central Hospital by ambulance.

CSP spokesman Gilbert Mares said the patrol car was parked on the far westbound lane of I-70 off the traveled portion of the roadway as the pair helped a motorist who had spun off the left side of the road into the center median.

The Yukon, driven by Eduardo Vargas-Palacios, 26, of Denver, lost control, spun off the highway and rear-ended the patrol car.

Vargas-Palacios and two passengers were not injured.

While investigating, authorities discovered that Vargas-Palacios had an outstanding felony warrant for an immigration deportation violation.

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took Vargas-Palacios and his two passengers into custody.

The patrol car sustained extreme damage.