Two injured after car goes off edge of Going-to-the-Sun Road
TAYLOR INMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 9 months AGO
The west side tunnel of the Going-to-the-Sun road. (Hungry Horse News)
Authorities removed the vehicle on Friday Aug. 4. (photo provided)
Crews work to extract the vehicle that crashed on Aug. 3, 2023 along the Going-to-the-Sun Road. (photo provided)
There were no life threatening injuries from the crash in Glacier National Park on Aug. 3, 2023 (photo provided)
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Two people suffered injuries after a car drove off the edge of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on Thursday.
Park spokeswoman Gina Icenoggle said the wreck occurred about 4:30 p.m., Aug. 3. A visitor saw the car go over the road just before the west tunnel heading toward the loop. The witness of the crash went up to the loop to flag down a park ranger.
The car came to a stop about 200 feet down the embankment. One person was found trapped inside the vehicle and another outside of it, officials said.
The Hungry Horse Volunteer Fire Department extracted the person from the car. They were transported by ambulance out of the park.
The National Park Service, Martin City Fire Department and Three Rivers EMS also responded to the wreck.
Icenoggle said a portion of the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road was closed for a few hours last night to clear the way for first responders. Officials closed it a second time on Friday, between 10 a.m. and early afternoon, so authorities could recover the vehicle.
Reporter Taylor Inman can be reached at 406-758-4433 or by emailing [email protected].
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