The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) recently responded to a pair of incidents in the area of Yellowjacket Pass, with one closing the road for hours and the other resulting in serious injury.
According to Trooper Sherri Mendez, CSP troopers responded to a crash at milepost 114 on U.S. 160 at 6:05 a.m. on Dec. 21.
In an email to The SUN, Mendez reports a single semi was involved in the crash.
Additional information on how the crash occurred was not available by press time Tuesday, but Mendez reports the driver complained of injury, but was not transported to the hospital.
She adds the semi’s saddle tank was leaking and a hazmat team responded.
The roadway was closed at 11:48 a.m. and reopened at 2:51 p.m., Mendez reports.
Another crash took place on Dec. 23.
According to Mendez, the CSP responded to a single-vehicle crash on eastbound U.S. 160 at milepost 117.
She adds a “Ford F150 left the right side of the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck several large rocks. The Ford F150 went airborne, rotated, and rolled over.”
The driver, a 42-year-old male out of Bayfield, was transported to the hospital by ambulance, she notes, adding the driver had serious bodily injury.
No additional details were available as of press time Tuesday.
randi@pagosasun.com
