Overview
- The crash occurred around 8:20 a.m. on Nov. 3 on U.S. 160 about 17 miles north of Pagosa Springs.
- Investigators say the southbound 2020 Freightliner hit the right barrier, breached the left guardrail, and tumbled down the mountainside.
- Troopers later found the driver ejected from the cab and pronounced him dead at the scene.
- The trailer carrying canned drinks split open, CDOT plowed debris from the road, and the highway reopened that afternoon.
- CSP’s Vehicular Crimes unit is leading the investigation as crews work to recover the cab and trailer from the slope.