3 killed after Jeep falls off Colorado cliff during off-roading tour

Three folks have been killed throughout an off-roading tour of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains when their Jeep plunged over a cliff on Monday, a report stated.

Arizona vacationers Diana Robles, 28; Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60; and employed driver Don Fehd, 72, have been all killed when their 2022 Jeep Gladiator drifted off the sting of Ouray County Street 361 and landed a whole bunch of toes under, in line with The Montrose Day by day Press.

The car first fell 100 toes to the underside of a cliff, in line with police and the outlet. It then rolled about 140 toes down a rocky embankment, ejecting Fehd, officers stated. The our bodies of the 2 sightseers have been discovered within the automobile, which rested on its roof close to the financial institution of a creek, police stated.

Earlier than the crash, Robles, a Yuma nurse, had reportedly simply snapped an image of the long-lasting Imogene Cross, a “thrilling” path that’s the second highest drivable cross in Colorado, in line with AllTrails.

Figueroa-Perez, Robles’ aunt, additionally labored as a nurse, in line with a Fb publish from a relative of the victims.

“We all know they’re within the merciful fingers of our Lord as they themselves being nurses had therapeutic fingers in each life they touched,” Diana Figueroa wrote.

Fehd labored at Colorado West Jeep Leases and Excursions, the place he was identified for his “quirky, real approach” together with his passengers, in line with The Ouray County Plaindealer.

Monday’s accident marked the second lethal crash within the space in only a week. On Sept. 5, an Arizona man was killed and his spouse was injured when their ATV rolled a whole bunch of toes close to Imogene Cross, the Day by day Press reported.