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Two Killed After Truck Rolls Off High Country Road

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - The bodies of two people were recovered in Gore Canyon after their truck went off Trough Road southwest of Kremmling on Friday. First responders were dispatched at around 7:45 a.m.

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Grand County Search and Rescue officials say the vehicle lost control and fell "700 feet down a 40 degree slope towards the Colorado River."

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Officials tell CBS4 the pair was in a Toyota Tundra traveling eastbound, uphill, on the snow-packed road. They went off the road while on a straight piece of road between two sharp curves.

A county worker reportedly found the crash scene.

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