Durango-to-Purgatory Resort route a hotbed of activity
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Law enforcement sees increase of DUIs, speeding during winter months on Hwy. 550
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 5:03 AM
Durango-to-Purgatory Resort route a hotbed of activity Colorado State Patrol trooper Gabe Watkins pulls over a driver Friday on U.S. Highway 550, north of Durango. Watkins and another trooper were assigned to increase patrolling on the highway from Durango to Purgatory Resort. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald Escuchar en Español:
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New technology allows Colorado State Patrol to pinpoint where hotbeds of activity are, and in winter, the bull’s-eye falls on the 25-mile route from Durango to Purgatory Resort.
Driver identified in last week’s fatal crash on U.S. Highway 550
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Police say whiteout conditions played role in three-vehicle collision
Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 10:05 AM Updated: Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 7:55 PM
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A 66-year-old man from Grand Junction died in a three-vehicle crash Friday night that closed the mountain passes between Durango and Silverton for about five hours.
Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll said a 1994 Isuzu Trooper headed south on U.S. Highway 550 lost control about 5:30 p.m. near milepost 61, just before the bend in the road at Lime Creek, and went into oncoming traffic.
Wife of Durango school superintendent suffers hip injury in crash
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Olga, Dan Snowberger involved in eerily similar multiple-vehicle pileup in 2018 By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 2:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 9:47 PM Snowberger
Wife of Durango school superintendent suffers hip injury in crash Olga Snowberger is recovering from hip-replacement surgery at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood after she suffered a hip fracture and a knee fracture in a 10-vehicle pileup Saturday on U.S. Highway 160 east of Durango. Durango Herald file