{"id":25933,"date":"2024-08-28T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/driver-faces-hit-and-run-charge-after-jeep-crashes-on-road-g\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:30:44","slug":"driver-faces-hit-and-run-charge-after-jeep-crashes-on-road-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/driver-faces-hit-and-run-charge-after-jeep-crashes-on-road-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver faces hit-and-run charge after Jeep crashes on Road G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e479e748-b054-5a91-ba5f-c5c1c3d3418a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"The scene of a crash on County Road G in McElmo Canyon on Monday evening. (Matthew Tangeman\/Special to the Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The scene of a crash on County Road G in McElmo Canyon on Monday evening. (Matthew Tangeman\/Special to the Journal)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Tangeman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Jeep CJ5 and its trailer hauling scrap metal ran off County Road G near milepost 16 at 3:31 p.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It was traveling eastbound down a grade when it crossed into the westbound lane and went down an embankment, continuing off the road, said Colorado State Patrol officer Sherri Mendez.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=103b053e-fbe1-536b-8c35-6fc4a3b9d56d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" alt=\"The battered Jeep CJ5. (Matthew Tangeman\/Special to the Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The battered Jeep CJ5. (Matthew Tangeman\/Special to the Journal)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Tangeman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The driver reportedly left the scene on foot, leaving behind an injured passenger who sustained serious bodily injury after being ejected from the Jeep.<\/p>\n<p>The double-door Jeep had no roof or doors, but it did have a roll cage. It rolled over when it went off the roadway, and left scrap metal and Pepsi cans from its open trailer  on Road G.<\/p>\n<p>This was the only vehicle involved in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, who has not been found, will face hit-and-run charges for allegedly leaving the scene before police arrive and for failing to report an accident. Since a passenger was injured, charges are heightened, Mendez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver allegedly leaves injured passenger behind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-25933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79158,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933\/revisions\/79158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25933"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=25933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}