More detail on this... CDOT now says this man was on board a Greyhound Bus headed eastbound around 3:20. CDOT says he was kicked off the bus in the parking lot on the west side of the tunnels (near the eastbound lanes)....
https://twitter.com/SteveStaeger/status/1500659147066458116
According to Hoover, the man tried to gain access to a mountain residence building for CDOT workers on the west side of the tunnel - but couldn't.
Sometime before 5... this man was seen crossing westbound traffic and walking into the Eisenhower tunnel....
Sometime before 5... this man was seen crossing westbound traffic and walking into the Eisenhower tunnel....
He then, according to CDOT, started grabbing fire extinguishers and shooting them at westbound traveling cars in the tunnel. CDOT supervisors are able to convince the man to get out of the tunnel and onto the eastbound side of the tunnel...
Spox Tim Hoover tells me two officers (CSP and Summit County Sheriff were there) had to take the man to the ground because he was combative.
All of this took just under a half an hour.
All of this took just under a half an hour.
We've reached out to @GreyhoundBus to seek comment and ask what their policy is for dealing with problematic passengers. Dropping a passenger off in practically the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm doesn't seem like a great idea.
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