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Man drives off Independence Pass in new truck pulling trailer

Staff report / The Aspen Times
Independence Pass as seen from the east side of the Continental Divide, just below the summit.
The Aspen Times file

A man driving a new truck and pulling a motorcycle on a trailer drove off the side of Highway 82 near the Independence Pass winter closure gate Saturday morning, an official said Tuesday.

The 50-year-old man was not injured in the single-vehicle accident where the 2019 Chevrolet truck went down an embankment or a ravine, said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis.

No drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident, he said. The vehicles had been towed back up to the road.


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