Crash on Black Bear Pass

[BusaDave9]

A driver of a Nissan Xterra was cited with DUI after he ran into a Jeep and then left the trail, went down a steep embankment and crashed into a rock gully.

https://durangoherald.com/articles/...th-dui-after-crash-on-black-bear-pass#slide=1

Although the driver was allegedly drunk the paper also says there may have been a mechanical issue with the Xterra. The Xterra driver was honking as a warning before he hit the Jeep. I hope to get more info in the next few days. I find this article confusing. The Durango Herald said the "Jeep’s occupants, were eating lunch and not in the Jeep" but they also go on to say that "Three of the four occupants in the Jeep were taken by helicopter to Telluride Regional Medical Center." If they were not in the jeep I don't know how they got injured.
Actually the Durango Herald updates their web site often. They may clarify this story.

Black Bear Pass is one of the trails we'll be going on during the Jeep-CJ trail ride next month.

 

[Hedgehog]

The article says they were "eating lunch in the jeep" when he hit it. Probably didn't have seat belts on or were prepared for the hit in any way. Sounds like bumps and bruises all around to me.

 

[BusaDave9]

Yes the site says it has been "Updated 2 hours 32 minutes ago". When I first posted this I did a copy paste of the site saying "Jeep’s occupants, were eating lunch and not in the Jeep". It no longer says that.

 

[Hedgehog]

hat is what I thought happened. Just a few small words and the meaning is 100% improved.

 

[Petescj]

I'm not a prude and enjoy my alcoholic beverages as much or more than most but wow. There is a time and place for everything. A case of beer and Black Bear Pass doesn't seem like a very good combination. Especially getting others caught up in your poor decisions , mechanical failure aside.