A report of a man attempting to ram his vehicle into a sales booth on the Colorado side of the Four Corners Monument on Dec. 19 turned out to be a misunderstanding.
Dispatch received the unusual call at 2:40 p.m. and a Montezuma County Sheriff’s sergeant responded. After the sergeant arrived at the monument and conducted an investigation, he determined that the man, identified as Rohit Kale, was not attempting to ram the sales booth and no accident or collision occurred.
Sheriff Steve Nowlin said Kale is from India and was found sleeping in his car behind the sales booth. He had been drinking all day and was last observed driving four hours before law enforcement arrived.
“Wasn’t ramming nothing,” Nowlin said. “That’s what the report was, and he wasn’t doing any of that. I don’t know where that come from. None of us do.”
According to an MCSO incident report, the sergeant had Kale’s vehicle towed, and he intended to drive Kale to the Axis Health System detox unit in Durango. Before driving to Durango, however, he brought Kale to Southwest Memorial Hospital for medical clearance and found his blood alcohol level was low enough that the Bridge Emergency Shelter would take him.
He stayed at the Bridge Emergency Shelter overnight and picked up his vehicle in the morning. No charges were filed.
“He received his car back the next day and on his way,” Nowlin said.
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