Rockslide crushes Jeff Mitchell’s truck, but leaves him mostly unscathed

8th January, 2015 by

By Randy Wyrick

EAGLE COUNTY — When that 400-ton rock slide near Minturn came crashing down on the evening of Dec. 27, a bunch of it landed on Jeff Mitchell’s truck, but not on Mitchell. Mitchell has been commuting that road for 20 years. He has a house on Tennessee Pass and works with High Altitude Home Improvement in the Vail Valley. That evening, he was headed down to Eagle-Vail to have dinner with his son, brother and mom. He was late for dinner, but not terribly and was rolling along at a respectable 45 mph, listening to rock music and following a …

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