{"id":52205,"date":"2020-08-10T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/law-enforcement-identifies-man-killed-in-u-s-highway-550-crash\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T19:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T19:37:24","slug":"law-enforcement-identifies-man-killed-in-u-s-highway-550-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/law-enforcement-identifies-man-killed-in-u-s-highway-550-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement identifies man killed in U.S. Highway 550 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A 38-year-old Texas man died Sunday night after driving off U.S. Highway 550, about 9 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico border.<\/p>\n

Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said authorities received a report of the crash around 8 p.m., near Sunnyside Elementary School.<\/p>\n

Lewis said a 2009 GMC pickup truck was traveling south on Highway 550 when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, collided with a sign and rolled. The man driving the car was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected, Lewis said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll said next of kin had been notified as of Monday afternoon. He identified the man as Adilson Palacios-Mejia of Dallas.<\/p>\n

Lewis said alcohol is being investigated as a possible factor in the crash.<\/p>\n

No other cars or people were involved in the incident, he said.<\/p>\n

In a separate crash around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, a 21-year-old Ignacio man was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center with serious injuries after driving off U.S. Highway 160 near Three Springs.<\/p>\n

Lewis said a 2003 Chevy pickup truck was headed east on Highway 160 when it went off the left side of the road near mile marker 89, struck a light pole and fence, and then rolled, coming to rest on the passenger side.<\/p>\n

The driver, identified as Jamie Vining, was wearing a seat belt. Speed and alcohol are being investigated as possible factors, Lewis said.<\/p>\n

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