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One person was killed and at least three were injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 160 southwest of Towaoc just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Montezuma County coroner.<\/p>\n
The Colorado State Patrol, Ute Mountain Ute Fire Department and other emergency services were called out to the crash site at 4:04 p.m., said to CSP public information officer Josh Lewis. Montezuma County Coroner George Deavers said Bureau of Indian Affairs officials received the call at 3:57 p.m. Early radio communications by emergency personnel indicated that the crash had caused a possible fatality.<\/p>\n
Deavers confirmed the crash resulted in one fatality and at least three other injuries. One person was airlifted to a Denver hospital. He said the crash appeared to be a head-on collision between a pickup and a vehicle pulling a trailer, but he would not speculate on what caused the collision. Investigators did not suspect alcohol or speed as a factor in the crash, he said.<\/p>\n
The BIA took over the investigation after 4:30 p.m., and a Ute ambulance left the scene with its emergency lights on. Deavers said ambulances from Southwest Health System and Towaoc responded to the scene.<\/p>\n
At 5:14 p.m., eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. 160 were closed for about a mile near the crash site, which was about 3 miles east of Highway 41 and 11 miles west of the U.S. 491 junction.<\/p>\n
Deavers would not identify the people involved in the crash, saying that not all family members of the person who died have been informed.<\/p>\n
As of 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, BIA officials had not yet responded to requests for verification on the details of the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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