Unoccupied car rolls over guardrail and down mountainside, causing brief Boreas Pass Road closure near Breckenridge
Summit County Sheriff’s Office/Courtesy image
4 p.m.: Boreas Pass Road has reopened.
3:40 p.m.: Boreas Pass Road was cleared around 3 p.m., according to Colorado State Patrol trooper Gabriel Moltrer.
Moltrer said the call for the crash near the intersection of Boreas Pass Road and Hummingbird Drive came in around 1:40 p.m. and that the road was closed between County Road 503 and Illinois Gulch Road around 2:15 p.m.
He confirmed there were no injuries or people inside the vehicle.
3 p.m.: An SC Alert sent around 2:30 p.m. Monday stated Boreas Pass Road was closed between County Road 503 and Illinois Gulch Road until further notice. Lt. Mike Schilling of the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said the closure would be brief.
Schilling said a car rolled away from its owner while he was not inside, and it went over a guardrail and down a steep embankment.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, the gentleman was not in his car and rolled away from him,” Schilling said. “No injuries, but a short road closure while it’s recovered.”
The incident happened near the Boreas Pass Road and Hummingbird Drive intersection.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the status of the access to the roadway.
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