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

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

Arizona vacationers Diana Robles, 28, Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60, and employed driver Don Fehd, 72, had been all killed when their 2022 Jeep Gladiator drifted off the sting of Ouray County Street 361 and landed tons of of toes beneath, based on the Montrose Each day Press.

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

Diana Robles, 28, was killed when the Jeep tumbled down the embankment.
Diana Robles, 28, was killed when the Jeep tumbled down the embankment.
Fb / Diana Karina Robles
 Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60.
Her aunt Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60, additionally perished within the accident.
Diana Figueroa/Fb

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 go in Colorado, based on AllTrails.

Figueroa-Perez, Robles’ aunt, additionally labored as a nurse, based on a Fb submit 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.

Don Fehd
Don Fehd, 72, was driving the doomed Jeep.
Photograph courtesy Sam Dashing
View of road to Imogene Pass
A slender filth street leads as much as Imogene Cross, which has an elevation of 13,114 toes.
Getty Photographs

Fehd labored at Colorado West Jeep Leases and Excursions, the place he was identified for his “quirky, real method” along with his passengers, based on 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 tons of of toes close to Imogene Cross, the Each day Press reported.

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