Two people died in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on U.S. Highway 160 east of Bayfield near the Archuleta-La Plata county line, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

The crash occurred shortly before 7 p.m. near mile marker 110, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the State Patrol.

The highway was expected to be closed for at least two hours from about mile markers 109 to 112, he said.

Authorities previously reported it was a single-vehicle crash.

No further information was immediately available Tuesday night.

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