Colorado
1 killed in Colorado National Monument crash, another injured
A 28-year-old girl died after a car crash at Colorado Nationwide Monument, the Nationwide Park Service stated.
The company stated Tuesday that the accident occurred off Rim Rock Drive close to the Coke Ovens Overlook. A second occupant of the car, a 28-year-old male, was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital.
A 911 name got here in at roughly 10:20 p.m. native time.
The reason for the crash is underneath investigation.
The 23-mile Rim Rock Drive winds up switchbacks onto the mesa tops after which alongside canyon partitions. A number of overlooks give guests the power to soak up the view.
There’s one entrance at every finish of Rim Rock Drive and the NPS notes that the highway is “difficult, slim and steep in some sections with sheer dropoffs.”