Drivers frustrated, concerned after being stranded for hours on I-70

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (KDVR) — Many Colorado drivers expressed frustration and concern after a major backup on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 Saturday night between Silverthorne and Loveland Pass. 

“I’ve never had an I-70 experience quite like this one before,” Melissa Holck, one of the drivers stuck on the highway, said. 

Holck said she was heading back from a day of skiing at Copper Mountain expecting to hit traffic, but nothing like this. 

“There were people getting out of their cars and stretching, some people even had to use the restroom on the side of the road,” Holck said. 

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At 3:55 p.m., the Colorado…