{"id":96544,"date":"2018-12-21T16:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/third-semi-overturns-on-wolf-creek-pass\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:41:32","slug":"third-semi-overturns-on-wolf-creek-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/third-semi-overturns-on-wolf-creek-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Third semi overturns on Wolf Creek Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A semitrailer overturned on Wolf Creek Pass early Friday, marking the third time this week a semitrailer has crashed on the dangerous section of U.S. Highway 160.<\/span>Courtesy of Colorado State Patrol<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

For the third time this week, a semitrailer overturned on Wolf Creek Pass, near the hairpin turn at the overlook.<\/p>\n

Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Blake White said the truck overturned on the notorious section of U.S. Highway 160 at 3:50 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

Capt. Adrian Driscoll said the highway was able to remain open as crews cleaned up the crash. A tow truck from La Jara arrived on scene about 11:45 a.m., and the road was clear by about 12:30 p.m., he said.<\/p>\n

The driver, George Sanchez, 50, of Texas, suffered minor injuries but did not require medical transport, White said. A passenger in the semitrailer also had minor injuries but did not need to be taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

White said he was unsure if Sanchez was cited with a charge as a result of the crash, but he said unless it was a mechanical failure, Sanchez will likely be ticketed with careless driving.<\/p>\n

White was also unsure where the truck was traveling from and to, but he said it was hauling soft drinks.<\/p>\n

This crash marks the third overturned semitrailer on this particular section of Wolf Creek Pass this week.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, two semitrailers crashed within an hour of each other. One driver, Juan Perez of Miami, was taken to Pagosa Springs Medical Center with serious injuries after his truck overturned around 7:30 a.m. Calls to the hospital seeking a condition update were not immediately returned Friday morning.<\/p>\n

In the other crash, about an hour later, Howard Dial of DeBerry, Texas, received minor injuries and was also taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Both drivers were cited with careless driving.<\/p>\n

The westbound descent from the summit of Wolf Creek Pass toward Pagosa Springs is a place where semitrailers run into trouble, earning it the moniker \u201cBeware the Wolf<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Colorado Department of Transportation in recent years has increased the number of signs on the road<\/a> to warn truckers to shift down to lower gears for the descent. CDOT has also worked to make improvements on the road.<\/p>\n

Lisa Schwantes, spokeswoman for CDOT, did not immediately have information about the crash Friday morning.<\/p>\n

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