Five people were transported to Southwest Memorial Hospital after a violent one-car crash on the West Fork Road north of Dolores on Tuesday evening.
One person was airlifted by a helicopter sent from San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, according to rescue personnel.
The other four were transported by ambulance. A Montezuma County sheriff’s deputy said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
The occupants’ identities and extent of their injuries were not released.
The Ford Explorer, driving on West Fork Road (County Road 38) toward Colorado Highway 145, veered off the road into a thicket of trees just yards from the West Dolores River about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. Three adults and two children were in the Explorer.
Rico and Dolores fire departments responded to the crash, as well as the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, a Southwest Memorial Hospital ambulance and the Colorado State Patrol.