Crash on Skyline Drive leaves woman seriously injured
Skyline Drive in Cañon City. This narrow one-way road, not for the faint of heart, offers fantastic views of Cañon City and even better views of dinosaur tracks (visible from below thanks to the uplifting forces of geology). Free.
Erin Prater, The Gazette
A woman was seriously injured Tuesday after crashing and being ejected from her vehicle on Skyline Drive in Cañon City, according to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
The 18-year-old drove her vehicle off of the west side of Skyline Drive near Highway 50 about 4:18 p.m, deputies said.
She was taken to St. Thomas Moore Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
Multiple people injured in three-vehicle crash in southwest El Paso County
The cause of the crash in under investigation.
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