Photo Courtesy: San Miguel County Sheriff's Office.

Photo Courtesy: San Miguel County Sheriff's Office.

On October 10, a serious accident occurred on a notorious four-wheel-drive road outside of Telluride called Black Bear Pass. While the driver of a Jeep was outside of their vehicle, their vehicle rolled off of what's been dubbed 'Colorado's most dangerous road' and down several steep switchbacks, eventually ejecting a 23-year-old woman that was a passenger before coming to a stop.

Youtube 'Y2K Wrangler' uploaded a video of the Jeep involved in the accident violently flipping by their own vehicle, as captured via dashboard camera. The terrifying moment occurs approximately three minutes and 15 seconds into the clip. Seconds after the Jeep that captured the footage slams on the brakes, rocks and a destroyed vehicle sail by, missing the Youtuber by what appears to be just feet.

Watch the video below:

According to Youtuber 'Y2K Wrangler', the passenger had already been ejected from the vehicle during the time it rolled by the switchback they were navigating.

A GoFundMe page has been setup to assist in covering medical bills of the severely injured passenger, which reportedly underwent surgery on her spinal cord and is now in a stable position with a long road of recovery ahead estimated at two years. The GoFundMe has currently raised more $20,000 of a $200,000 goal.

Two dogs were also in the vehicle at the time of the accident, one of which was temporarily lost after being ejected. It was later found several hundred feet above where the accident occurred.

Black Bear Pass is an extremely technical off-highway vehicle route that starts from State Highway 550 at Red Mountain Pass and climbs to Black Bear Pass at around 12,840 feet above sea level. It then descends into Ingram Basin and toward the notorious 'Steps' section, which consists of steep and technical rock steps. After the 'Steps,' extremely narrow switchbacks take drivers to Bridal Veil Falls Powerplant, eventually connecting to Telluride. The road is one-way.

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