Highway 285 closed near Fairplay due to disabled vehicle and high winds, Fairplay CO
Multiple vehicles stopped near Fairplay on Highway 285 due to high winds. One four-runner vehicle is disabled and partially blocking the northbound lane. Authorities are coordinating to close the highway between mile markers 190 and 195 for safety.
Audio|Source: Park County Law Enforcement
02:39
Transcript:
00:00
Okay. And like I said, I'm going to be a pilot car for this line of cars that I have.
00:08
Yeah, okay.
00:09
Yeah,
00:10
we're all off the road.
00:15
Person, 15.
00:21
Oh, sure, man.
00:22
Shave me.
00:27
I said we'll stand by, hear that out when the next shift calls on here in about 10.
00:31
Version 17.
00:37
Dracomney's Fairplay?
00:45
Can you confirm if any vehicles blocking the road?
00:54
From the three that I saw before this one, they were not blocking.
00:59
The fourth one is not blocking, but this four-runner cannot start and the driver door will not open.
01:08
So we're kind of at a standstill right now with these really high winds and wind out conditions.
01:14
So is the four-runner blocking the highway?
01:20
It is barely across the light line.
01:24
Is that southbound or northbound? That'll be northbound.
01:29
1319.
01:30
Share 17.
01:39
Share 17.
01:42
Share 17.
01:44
Yeah,
01:48
with 20 at the 194.
01:52
Can we put a request from the state or CDOT to close the highway for the time being?
01:58
For state, they are working on closing between the 190 and the 195 both directions.
02:08
The gates are at the 208 and 183 in town, so.
02:17
Well, we can push for their quest for the stretch of Fairplay to Kenosha 1344.
02:28
Sheriff, I'm doing it.
02:30
I'm going to get to turn around.
02:32
Air 27 in service, vehicle 537 to Area 2.
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US Hwy 285, Fairplay, CO
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