Responders haul a Jeep back up over the side of the canyon on Engineer Pass, in an accident that happened on Sunday. The sing le occupant of the Jeep was uninjured, according to the Ouray Police Department. Photo courtesy Ouray Police Department
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Accidents tax first responders
A trio of high-country accidents Sunday and Monday sent a motorcycle rider down a steep slope off U.S. Highway 550 and left a young boy with a serious head injury.
The first and least serious incident occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday when a Jeep slid off Engineer Pass about a halfmile up from U.S. 550. Ouray County Sheriff Lance FitzGerald said the ma le driver of the Jeep was stopped on the pass and waiting for another vehicle when the ground gave way undernea th the jeep, causing it to topple bac...