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Bayfield, CO - On August 31st, 2006 at approximately 2122 hours the Upper Pine Fire District was dispatched to a report of a vehicle fire in the 38,000 Block of US Highway 160. First arriving units encountered a fully involved Isuzu Trooper that had been involved in a motor vehicle accident with an oil field service truck. Command requested additional units while firefighters went to work extricating the driver of the service truck and extinguishing the SUV fire.

Care Flight’s Medical Helicopter out of Mercy Regional Medical Center was dispatched to the scene and transported the driver of the service truck after he was removed from the vehicle. The driver of the Isuzu was pronounced dead at the scene. Along with the UPFD units, the Colorado State Police, LaPlata County Sheriff’s Office, Bayfield Marshal’s Office, and the LaPlata County Coroner’s Office were on the scene.

The accident resulted in the closure of US Highway 160 in both directions for several hours. This same stretch of highway was the scene of another fatal accident on August 14th, 2006 (see Story #081406122). The cause of this accident is under investigation by the Colorado State Patrol.