A man was rescued last week from a gorge near Ouray after he drove a pickup truck over the edge of Red Mountain Pass, according to rescuers.

Multiple agencies responded to the scenic stretch of U.S. 550 known as the Million Dollar Highway at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday, according to the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team .

The man’s pickup truck went off the edge of the mountain pass between mile markers 88 and 89, plummeting roughly 300 feet into the Uncompahgre Gorge, rescue officials said.

Rescue officials said the driver in Thursday’s crash was the only person in the vehicle and sustained minor injuries. Crews were able to perform a technical rope rescue and helped him climb out of the gorge.

Southbound U.S. 550 was closed for roughly two hours during the rescue, according to the Ouray Co

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