Bayfield, CO : 1 Head-on crash partially blocking U.S. Highway160 east of Bayfield on Friday, 7th June 2019

Three people suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 160, east of Bayfield.

Mancos resident Jeromy Cooper, 46, wAas driving a 1986 white Ford F-250 pickup westbound in the eastbound lane when he hit a 2014 blue Toyota Prius head-on, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the Colorado State Patrol. The crash occurred about 1 mile west of the Piedra River.

“We do not believe speed was a factor, but we are looking at some kind of impairment and charges are pending against Cooper,” he said.

Law enforcement was investigating what substance caused Cooper’s impairment.

Cooper injured both Bayfield residents in the Prius. Gail Grossman, 75, was driving the Prius; her husband, Richard Grossman, 75, was in the passenger seat, Driscoll said.

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