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Trip To Colorado Turns Tragic For Montana Couple

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (CBS4) - A road trip to Colorado turned tragic for a couple from Montana.

Laureen and Rodney Emmert were headed to Colorado Springs when they crashed outside Sheridan,Wyo. Both had unbuckled their seat belts to look for something on the floor of the car and lost control and crashed into a ravine.

Rodney was able to call one of their children on a cell phone and said to send help south of Sheridan. A highway construction worker spotted the wreckage 21 hours later.

Laureen died. Rodney is recovering in the hospital.

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