Submitted by Josh Caldwell on June 27, 2008 - 4:20pm.
This is Josh and Patrick, Tour Divide Film Crew B.
4:16pm 6/27: We just left the scene of the accident. FIRST, none of the riders were involved...ALL TOUR DIVIDE RIDERS ARE SAFE.
According to police on scene, a 16 year old woman lost control of her Trailblazer on a two lane road, started to go off the right side of the rode, then over corrected and swerved into the on-coming lane, hit the guard rail, and the vehicle flew over the guardrail down the side of a very steep hill about 150 yards. The car was upside down. This was not a pretty accident.
If tour divide riders had not been there and pressed their SPOT emergency signal units, the young woman and her two passengers would likely still be in the car as there was almost NO SIGN of an accident.
Instead, emergency responders arrived on scene around 12:30. Two of the car's passengers were in critical condition. They were airlifted to Denver. The third was taken by ambulance.
We are attempting to catch up to the riders who were there, Dommick and Alan. Will report back whatever we find.
Update: Riders are safe, driver flipped over embankment
This is Josh and Patrick, Tour Divide Film Crew B.
4:16pm 6/27: We just left the scene of the accident. FIRST, none of the riders were involved...ALL TOUR DIVIDE RIDERS ARE SAFE.
According to police on scene, a 16 year old woman lost control of her Trailblazer on a two lane road, started to go off the right side of the rode, then over corrected and swerved into the on-coming lane, hit the guard rail, and the vehicle flew over the guardrail down the side of a very steep hill about 150 yards. The car was upside down. This was not a pretty accident.
If tour divide riders had not been there and pressed their SPOT emergency signal units, the young woman and her two passengers would likely still be in the car as there was almost NO SIGN of an accident.
Instead, emergency responders arrived on scene around 12:30. Two of the car's passengers were in critical condition. They were airlifted to Denver. The third was taken by ambulance.
We are attempting to catch up to the riders who were there, Dommick and Alan. Will report back whatever we find.
-Josh and Patrick