June 21st, 2010 | 
Author: WHEAT RIDGE, CO – A suspected drunk driver set off a truck accident Friday morning, June 11, that killed two people in Jefferson County, Colorado. The deadly collision occurred in the Denver metro region on Interstate 70 west of Kipling Street, in the suburb of Wheat Ridge. The accident area is in the central north section of the state, about 120 miles north of Pueblo, CO and about 102 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Local emergency personnel responded to the scene of the truck accident. Mr. Baek was fatally injured when he was hit after stepping out of his Volvo and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The events leading up to the fatal truck accident began at around 2:45 a.m. Friday morning when a black Nissan crashed into a parked car on Everett Street in Wheat Ridge and then fled the scene. The Nissan lost one of its license plates and police matched the plate and issued a bulletin. The police would receive several 911 calls over the next hour about the Nissan, reporting that the woman was driving erratically.
The driver of the Nissan was identified as Heydi M. Hau Chi of Denver.
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Sometime after 3:00 a.m. Ms. Hau Chi got on Interstate 70 driving in the wrong direction. As she drove her vehicle east in the westbound lanes of I-70 she slammed head-on into a Volvo driven by 65 year old Woon D. Baek of Aurora, CO. The collision happened just west of Kipling Street.
Mr. Baek got out of his Volvo and was hit by a westbound semi trailer truck driven by a man from Fort Worth, Texas.
The semi truck then slammed into the Nissan and dragged it several hundred feet down the interstate. The driver of the Nissan, Ms. Hau Chi, was ejected from her vehicle sometime during the truck accident.
Local emergency personnel responded to the scene of the truck accident. Mr. Baek was fatally injured when he was hit after stepping out of his Volvo and was pronounced dead at the scene. Three passengers in his car, his wife and another couple were taken to St. Anthony’s Medical Center with non life threatening injuries.
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Ms Hau Chi also suffered fatal injuries in the truck accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The unidentified driver of the semi trailer truck was not injured.
Officers from Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Colorado Highway Patrol also responded to the deadly truck accident. The westbound lanes of I-70 were closed for six hours while officers investigated the accident and crews cleared the wreckage off the roadway.
Officers suspect Ms. Hau Chi of causing the truck accident due to alleged alcohol intoxication. This is based on her hit and run accident earlier and the numerous reports of her erratic driving. Toxicology tests were reportedly run but the results have not been released. According to Denver Court Records, Ms. Hau Chi had a previous DWAI in July 2008.
The truck driver is not expected to be charged or cited for the truck accident.
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