Colorado Mountain Closes Indefinitely After Driver Ignores Warnings, Gets Stuck

Colorado mountain closes indefinitely after driver ignores warnings, gets stuck

A South Carolina man drove a Kia Telluride up a popular road in Colorado's Black Bear Pass on Wednesday and got stuck, leading to a closure of the pass.

Driver ignores warnings, gets stuck, causing mountain pass to close indefinitely

A South Carolina man drove a Kia Telluride up Black Bear Road on Wednesday and got stuck, leading to a closure of the pass.

Driver ignores warnings, gets stuck, causing Colorado mountain pass to close indefinitely

DENVER (KDVR) — A South Carolina man drove a Kia Telluride up a popular road in Colorado's Black Bear Pass on Wednesday and got stuck, leading to a closure of the pass. The San Miguel County Sheriff's Office said that until a tow can make it into the area, the roadway will remain closed because the SUV is unstable and it is not safe to be driven around. Black Bear Road is a well-known roadway that closes each winter due to the weather and is use…

Tourist in Kia Telluride Comes Dangerously Close to Tumbling Down Black Bear Pass, Forces Trail Closure

Black Bear Pass has claimed too many victims in recent years for tourists in crossovers to ignore the warnings.

Black Bear Pass closes due to car stuck on edge of the road

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Black Bear Pass is indefinitely closed due to a driver getting his car stuck, resulting in it teetering off the edge on one of the switchbacks. According to the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office, a South Carolina man drove his Kia Telluride up the one-way road, despite being told not to do so by locals. The driver later got the car's wheels off the side of the road, leaving it unstable. The sheriff's office sta…