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Fatal Accident 3 Miles East of Bayfield, CO


By THOMAS AURNHAMMER Senior Correspondent

1st Responder Network	Story Number 071709128
Disclaimer: This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

UPFD Personnel Treating the Patient from the Jeep

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

White Jeep Involved in the US 160 Fatal Accident

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

Honda Station Wagon off the Side of the Road on Highway 160

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

Care Flight 3 Coming in for Landing

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

Patient Packaged for Transport

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

Firefighters Loading Patient on to Helicopter

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

Law Enforcement Officers Investigating the Scene

By Deputy Chief Randy Larson

UPFD Firefighters Removing Victim from Vehicle

BAYFIELD, CO – On July 16th, 2009 at 07:49 AM, the Upper Pine Fire District was dispatched to US Highway 160 at the 107 mile marker for a report of a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident with multiple injuries. First arriving units encountered a head-on accident with one fatality and one critical patient. Under command of Lieutenant Adolph Young, UPFD personnel secured the hazards on the vehicles and readied the critical patient for transport.

The patient was flown off the scene by the Care Flight 3 helicopter out of Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. The incident closed the highway for approximately three hours. The Honda Station Wagon was traveling westbound on the highway when the Jeep Cherokee drifted across the center lane, striking the Honda head-on. The driver of the Honda was killed.

12 UPFD personnel operated at the scene. Also working on the scene were the LaPlata County Sherriff’s Office, the Bayfield Marshal’s Office, and the Colorado State Patrol. The accident is being investigated by the State Patrol.

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