On the evening of Nov. 29, at approximately 5 p.m., the Pagosa Springs Police Department responded to a four-vehicle collision on U.S. 160 at mile marker 142. The crash involved several vehicles and resulted in injuries to multiple individuals.
According to the initial investigation, an eastbound SUV stopped to make a left turn into businesses at the top of Put Hill on U.S. 160. Behind the SUV, a Toyota 4Runner, driven by a lone female driver, also came to a stop. A third vehicle, an eastbound Ram 2500 carrying two adults and a child, was unable to stop in time and swerved left to avoid the stopped vehicles. The Ram struck the left rear of the 4Runner before crossing the centerline and colliding head-on with a westbound Toyota Tundra.
The Toyota Tundra, occupied by a male driver, female passenger, juvenile female and a dog, was forced off the road and into the north ditch. The Ram 2500 came to a stop in the westbound lanes, where it was subsequently struck by a westbound Ram 3500, which was carrying a female driver, female passenger and male passenger.
Multiple non-life-threatening injuries were sustained in the crash. All occupants of the vehicles involved were wearing seat belts at the time of the incident.
The driver of the eastbound Ram 2500 has been cited for careless driving causing bodily injury and following too close.
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