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Minor Injuries After Truck Plummets Off Million Dollar Highway Near Red Mountain Pass

The driver was rescued with minor injuries after a 300-foot fall into Uncompahgre Gorge, with the highway closed for two hours during a technical rope rescue.

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DENVER (KDVR) — The sole occupant of a pickup truck that plummeted 300 feet into a gorge in southwestern Colorado only sustained minor injuries, first responders announced on Facebook. The crash was reported by Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Inc., on the nonprofit's Facebook page. The rescue workers responded to the crash report at about 12:20 p.m. on Thursday on Highway 550, also called the Million Dollar Highway, between mileposts 88 and 89, whic…

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Denver Post broke the news in Denver, United States on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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