{"id":114374,"date":"2015-02-20T03:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T10:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/red-mtn-pass-open-corpse-recovered-from-car\/"},"modified":"2015-02-20T03:20:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T10:20:55","slug":"red-mtn-pass-open-corpse-recovered-from-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/red-mtn-pass-open-corpse-recovered-from-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Mtn. Pass open; Corpse recovered from car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Red Mountain Pass was closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday as crews made a second attempt to remove a vehicle that plunged off the side of U.S. Highway 550 at mile marker 89, about two miles south of Ouray. Thursday\u2019s recovery effort succeeded after Wednesday\u2019s failed attempt.<\/span>JERRY McBRIDE\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Red Mountain Pass reopened about 3 p.m. Thursday with the recovery of a vehicle with a body inside from a steep ravine two miles south of Ouray.<\/p>\n

The white Cadillac Escalade contained the corpse of a Danish man reported missing since Feb. 4, a spokeswoman for the Ouray Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

Jin Benny Junge, 26, had been visiting the United States with friends, but he stayed when they returned.<\/p>\n

The pass was closed for most of the day Wednesday while a crew with a crane tried unsuccessfully to hoist the car to the highway.<\/p>\n

The Escalade was located in the bed of the Uncompahgre River by a search team, said Ouray County spokesman Marti Whitmore. She said the car was equipped with a GPS system.<\/p>\n

The car left the road into steep terrain at a point on Highway 550 known as Sullivan\u2019s Gulch. The car was more than 400 feet below the highway.<\/p>\n

The highway was closed from 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Ouray County Sheriff\u2019s Office brought a huge wrecker Thursday from Grand Junction to pull the Cadillac to a point it could be reached with a crane.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Department of Transportation urged motorists Wednesday to travel early or find an alternate route over Red Mountain Pass because the 9 a.m. closure of U.S. Highway 550 could last for an extended period.<\/p>\n

In asking for publicity last week about the missing Junge, a sheriff\u2019s spokesman said it wasn\u2019t certain if he actually had visited Ouray.<\/p>\n

A call from his brother said he had talked of the region.<\/p>\n

Whitmore said sheriff\u2019s investigators are expected to continue their investigation Friday and next week. No further road closures are expected.<\/p>\n

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