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SALIDA, Colo.—Five ambulance crews from Gunnison and Chaffee counties have responded to U.S. 50 in the Monarch Pass area following reports of two separate single-vehicle crashes.
Authorities say up to eight people were inside a van that plunged off the road and went about 200 feet down an embankment. Dispatchers say all of the occupants reported being injured in the accident.
In another crash about 8 miles away on U.S. 50, a vehicle with four people inside went off the road.
There was no immediate word on injuries.
The causes of the accidents are under investigation.
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Information from: KVRH-AM,
