For Immediate Release: November 2, 2007
Contact: David Boyd, Public Affairs Specialist, (970) 947-2832

Driver killed in accident Monday on Coffee Pot Road

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. – The driver of a 2007 Dodge pick-up was killed and his passenger injured Monday in a single-vehicle accident on Coffee Pot Road west of Dotsero, Colo.

The accident occurred near mile marker nine around noon Monday when the driver, 29-year-old Thomas Murray of Westville, Okla., swerved off the road, causing the truck to roll numerous times down a steep slope. Both he and his passenger, 23-year-old Randy Amrine of Toledo, Wash., were ejected from the vehicle, which rolled approximately 200 yards down the slope.

Armine was able to crawl back to the road and contact a group of hunters, who called 911. Armine suffered minor injuries and was transported to Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. He was released Tuesday.

Both men were employed by a lodge in the area but were not on duty at the time of the accident.

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