JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A man was hospitalized after his car crashed and caught fire near Lair ‘O The Bear Park in Jefferson County on Monday afternoon.
The crash happened at 4:13 p.m. on Highway 74 near Lair ‘O The Bear Park, west of Idledale, according to Colorado State Patrol (CSP). Troopers with CSP responded and found that a Mini Cooper had crashed off the highway.
According to their preliminary investigation, the 66-year-old driver had gone off the right shoulder, struck an upward embankment, got back on the road and rolled down an embankment off the left side of the road. It landed on its wheels and then caught fire, CSP said…