At least one person is dead after a grisly three-vehicle crash Monday in Jefferson County.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the northbound lanes of Highway 285 would be closed at Highway 8 for an extended period of the Monday morning commute after at least one person was killed in the crash.

Deputies first posted about the crash shortly before 6 a.m. the sheriff office's official X account .

West Metro Fire Rescue responded to the crash and had to extricate two people from two of the vehicles involved in the wreck.

Four people were taken to local hospitals, three of whom were in critical condition at the time, fire rescue officials said. Jefferson County deputies later said at least one person died.

Photos from the scene posted by both agencies showed mangled wreckage and

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