{"id":29115,"date":"2024-02-22T17:24:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/two-vehicle-crash-on-u-s-highway-550-slows-traffic-thursday-morning\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:49:11","slug":"two-vehicle-crash-on-u-s-highway-550-slows-traffic-thursday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/two-vehicle-crash-on-u-s-highway-550-slows-traffic-thursday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 550 slows traffic Thursday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Durango firefighters tend to a damaged Cadillac XT4 on Thursday morning. The crash resulted in minor injuries for one driver. (Tyler Brown\/Durango Herald)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A car crash occurred on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango, near the Hermosa Speedway gas station on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The accident involving a Subaru Forester and a Cadillac XT4 occurred at 8:41 a.m. and resulted in minor injuries to one driver.<\/p>\n

Colorado State Patrol Master Trooper Gary Cutler could not specify which vehicle the driver with injuries had been driving. He also could not say how the crash occurred.<\/p>\n

However, the Cadillac XTR had received severe damage to the front of the vehicle, indicating that it made substantial contact with the other vehicle. Cutler also said a 66-year-old woman was involved in the crash but could not say which vehicle she was driving.<\/p>\n

The accident slowed traffic to a single lane as 9:45 a.m. and because neither vehicle flipped, Cutler was optimistic that the scene should be cleared within the next hour.<\/p>\n

This is the second time a car crash has slowed traffic on U.S. Highway 550 near Durango this week. On Tuesday, a major crash involving a fatality near Sunnyside Elementary School, about 9 miles north of the New Mexico line closed the highway for around six hours.<\/p>\n

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