Disasters and crashes

A suspected drunken driver careened through a “bump-out” Wednesday night on Main Avenue in Durango, sending four people to the hospital, according to the Durango Police Department. The crash...

A 54-year-old Farmington woman died in a car crash Monday in front of the Dollar General in Bloomfield, according to the New Mexico State Police. State Police spokesman Ray Wilson said in a...

A Durango man died this weekend after a driving off County Road 501 near Vallecito. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said the wreckage was found by a passerby around 11:30 a.m. Sunday near...

A 57-year-old man from Oklahoma was cited for careless driving after driving off U.S. Highway 550 near Molas Pass, rolling 95 feet down an embankment and off a cliff. Colorado State Patrol Trooper...

A historic barn in Bayfield was damaged Wednesday after a driver went 100 feet off the road and crashed, suffering serious injuries. Upper Pine River Fire Protection District Chief Bruce Evans said...

A 36-year-old Durango man survived driving off Wolf Creek Pass, rolling 700 feet down a steep mountainside and spending a night injured in the backcountry before being rescued last week. “I didn’t...

A 36-year-old Durango man survived driving off Wolf Creek Pass, rolling 700 feet down a steep mountainside and spending a night injured in the backcountry before being rescued last week. “I didn’t...

A Durango woman was killed in a car crash outside Flagstaff, Arizona, last weekend, according to the Arizona Highway Patrol. Highway Patrol public information officer Bart Graves said that around 4...

A Durango man was involved in a fatal car crash Tuesday in Kansas that resulted in the death of a 32-year woman. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman, a 2014 Jeep Wrangler was...

Law enforcement officials may take another week before releasing information about how local professional cyclist Benjamin Sonntag died after colliding with a driver last week near Marvel. Law...

Colorado State Patrol continued its investigation into the death of local professional cyclist Ben Sonntag into the weekend, declining to release information as law enforcement considers charges...