A single-vehicle crash about 20 miles north of Cortez on U.S. Highway 491 in Pleasant View Sunday evening, March 30. (Reuben Schafir/The Durango Herald )
The road was dry, and the sun was shining
A 17-year-old drowsy driver veered off the road in Pleasant View and crashed into a building on a sunny Sunday evening, March 30.
The silver SUV was traveling northbound on Colorado Highway 491 when it ran off the right side of the road near Mile Point 46.5 at 6:43 p.m., according to a traffic report detailing the crash.
It was a sunny, dry evening and the road was straight, in a non-intersection, when the crash happened.
The SUV rolled over and crashed into the building.
The vehicle sustained “severe damage,” and if the owner of the building wanted to press charges, that would be a civil issue, said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Sherri Mendez.
The driver was cited for failure to drive in a single lane.
