{"id":93304,"date":"2019-06-24T01:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T01:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/girl-seriously-injured-in-u-s-160-crash\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T01:10:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T01:10:50","slug":"girl-seriously-injured-in-u-s-160-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/girl-seriously-injured-in-u-s-160-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl seriously injured in U.S. 160 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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One girl was seriously injured and three other people suffered minor injuries Saturday night when a van hit a tow truck on U.S. Highway 160 just west of Bayfield.<\/span>Courtesy of Upper Pine Fire Protection District<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

One girl was seriously injured and three other people suffered minor injuries Saturday night when a van hit a tow truck on U.S. Highway 160 just west of Bayfield in front of Lon\u2019s Automotive.<\/p>\n

Upper Pine Fire Protection District Chief Bruce Evans said two sisters were in a white van that collided with a tow truck about 9:30 p.m. The younger sister, who was the van passenger, suffered severe injuries and was flown to Children\u2019s Hospital in Colorado Springs, he said.<\/p>\n

Evans said the girl\u2019s older sister was driving the van.<\/p>\n

Three other people, the woman driving the van; the driver of the tow truck; and a minor, who was a passenger in the tow truck; all suffered minor injuries, Evans said.<\/p>\n

He did not have names or ages for any of the injured people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a horrific crash; you can see where the tow truck just ripped open the side of the van like a can opener, causing massive damage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The girl who suffered serious injuries had be extracted from the vehicle by a crew from the Upper Pine Fire Protection District. Evans estimated she was trapped in the vehicle for about 6\u00bd minutes.<\/p>\n

The call originally came in as a car fire, but Evans said that proved incorrect. Instead, engine smoke was coming from the van after the crash, but the van was not on fire.<\/p>\n

The tow truck was in the area to retrieve another vehicle that was on the side of the road.<\/p>\n

A registered nurse, on her way home from a shift at the emergency room of Mercy Regional Medical Center, stopped to provide aid to the injured parties and also assisted the crew from Upper Pine, Evans said.<\/p>\n

In addition, a former volunteer firefighter also stopped to assist, he said.<\/p>\n

Evans said the road was wet after a rain shower, but the road was not icy and the area wasn\u2019t foggy.<\/p>\n

He added he did not have further details about how the accident occurred, but he said the Colorado State Patrol is investigating.<\/p>\n

Calls to the Colorado State Patrol were not immediately returned Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

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