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Authorities rescued a driver whose pickup truck fell 300 feet from U.S. 550, also known as the Million Dollar Highway, on Oct. 9

The victim sustained minor injuries, the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team said

The road was the scene of a previous incident that claimed the lives of two people in August

A driver whose truck plunged hundreds of feet from an infamous road in Colorado nicknamed the Million Dollar Highway survived the dramatic ordeal.

The incident took place on Thursday, Oct. 9, when several agencies were notified around 12:20 p.m. local time that a vehicle had gone off the side of U.S. Highway 550 between mile markers 88 and 89, the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team stated in a Facebook post.

“First responders from Ouray County EMS, Ouray Volunteer Fire Department and the

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