{"id":27235,"date":"2024-06-10T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/10-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-northwest-of-pagosa-springs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:54:55","slug":"10-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-northwest-of-pagosa-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/10-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-northwest-of-pagosa-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old girl dies after being hit by truck northwest of Pagosa Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e2a3f218-359a-5f44-a83a-3ed579ce7c4c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"(Associated Press file)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">(Associated Press file)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">dur-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A 10-year-old girl who was riding a dirt bike died after being hit by a truck Thursday in Hinsdale County.<\/p>\n<p>The girl, who was wearing a helmet and other protective gear while heading south on Forest Service Road 640, was fatally struck by a Toyota Tacoma about 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Forest Service roads 640 and 631, according to a news release from Colorado State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The release said the crash occurred in Archuleta County, but a map places the intersection in southeast Hinsdale County.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection is located near Williams Creek Campground, about 20 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Archuleta County Coroner Brad Hunt said that although the case falls under Hinsdale County jurisdiction, his office is overseeing it. Hunt went to the scene, per a working agreement Archuleta County has with Hinsdale County.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt said the area where the crash occurred sometimes takes Hinsdale County officials \u201can extreme amount of time\u201d to get to, so his office is assisting.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt said the autopsy is scheduled to be performed Tuesday in La Plata County.<\/p>\n<p>The girl went through a stop sign and failed to safely yield, making a sharp turn onto the eastbound lane of Forest Service Road 631 before colliding with the truck, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck, an 18-year-old man, was not injured in the crash and remained at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Bystanders and then emergency medical service personnel tried to save the girl\u2019s life, but she succumbed to her injuries before she could be transported for medical attention, the release said.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-663bd3b20ea0d04b470246cd1e75bf8b\">This is a developing story. Check back with www.durangoherald.com for updates<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-6b9acc3b565079ac9324b9d8411d469a\"><a href=\"mailto:mhollinshead@durangoherald.com\">mhollinshead@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>occurred near Williams Creek Campground in San Juan National Forest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[493,255,28,3071],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-27235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-archuleta-county","tag-death-and-dying","tag-headlines","tag-railway-crash"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235","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=27235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79994,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235\/revisions\/79994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27235"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=27235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}