SUV crashes, closes Black Bear Pass near Telluride

[RayRay27]

Looks like a black runner rolled on Blackbear Pass today. No major injuries.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2019/08/21/suv-crash-black-bear-pass-telluride/amp/

 

[60wag]

Here a video of the latest crash on Black Bear, its amazing:

 

[gungriffin]

I thought it was a red Jeep. I am 95% sure that I was driving next to the flat bed wrecker that was towing this back to Denver on the way home last night. It was DESTROYED. Here are a few photos that I was able to get. I couldn't get a photo from the other side before I turned onto 6 east from 70.

 

[Shuksan]

I thought it was a red Jeep. I am 95% sure that I was driving next to the flat bed wrecker that was towing this back to Denver on the way home last night. It was DESTROYED. Here are a few photos that I was able to get. I couldn't get a photo from the other side before I turned onto 6 east from 70.

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It looks like it. That video is from another rig

 

[DaveInDenver]

I'm 99.6% sure the Jeep in the video Bruce posted is the one you saw on the flat bed Ryan.

 

[bassguyry]

That. Was. Terrifying.

 

[MountainGoat]

Good god almighty that was horrendous.

 

[rover67]

holy crap.

 

[mcgaskins]

It's one of those rare situations it was a good thing the passenger was ejected. Absolutely not survivable had she stayed in the vehicle. It could have been much, much worse if the Jeep shooting the video was going just a slight bit faster. Wow that was intense!

 

[AlpineAccess]

Wow, that was something else. Glad they survived and hope that they find the puppy.

 

[gungriffin]

All dogs have been found and are in good health. Unfortunately, the girl that was ejected from the Jeep turned out to be in worse shape than was originally reported.

 

[J Kimmel]

Holy sh*t

 

[RayRay27]

😲

 

[lazyLfarm]

Holy shite! I wonder what happened (other than the obvious they went over the side)

 

[shellb]

Wow that’s terrible. @gungriffin should we read into your message? So sad.

 

[bassguyry]

Wow that’s terrible. @gungriffin should we read into your message? So sad.

Based on the GoFundMe page for the passenger, it sounds like she's in stable condition, but has a very long road to recovery.

 

[shellb]

Based on the GoFundMe page for the passenger, it sounds like she's in stable condition, but has a very long road to recovery.

Thank you! Obviously feared the worst there.

 

[Corbet]

Apparently the driver got out to spot another vehicle and the Jeep popped out of gear and rolled over the edge.

 

[On the RX]

Wow!
Waaayyyy back in 2008, my company did some testing on the roll cages on wranglers by lifting it upside down and dropping it from a certain height and measuring deflection. They failed miserably. It was more like a beauty bar than a roll cage. It was at that point that I was turned off from Jeep. I'm sure that my 4runner would not have held up much better that that 4door though!

 

[gungriffin]

Wow that’s terrible. @gungriffin should we read into your message? So sad.

Sorry about the confusion, I see now that I could have been more clear.