Steamboat Today reports that a 55-year-old Craig woman was killed early this morning on U.S. 40 between Hayden and Steamboat Springs when a boulder fell onto the roof of the vehicle she was riding in. The incident at about 7:17 a.m., Colorado State Patrol Cpl. Eric Wynn said. The woman, Karen Lynn Evanoff, was killed instantly, Ryg said.

Evanoff was a passenger in a 2004 Buick headed east on U.S. 40 toward Steamboat, where she worked. The basketball-sized rock came tumbling down Wolf Mountain, where the cliff band hugs the north side of U.S. 40 just past Mount Harris, Ryg said.

U.S. 40 is serving as one of two detours for Interstate 70 motorists caught by the closure of the highway near Glenwood Springs.

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