Dallas Mondragon, 34, of Arroyo-Seco, N.M., was listed in fair condition Thursday and the driver Santiago Armijo, of Los Lunas, N.M., was listed in good condition.
The two were taken to Delta County Memorial Hospital immediately following the accident and were then flown to Grand Junction.
 Emergency crews work on scene Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 50 near G50 Road north of Delta. Two members of the Taos (N.M.) High School football team were killed in the crash while another player and assistant coach remained in fair condition at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. (Barton Glasser / Daily Press) Advertisement |
Neither Valdez nor Jaramillo were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident. Mondragon and Armijo were wearing seatbelts.
Valdez and Jaramillo were members of the Taos High School football team. Armijo is also a member of the football team, and Mondragon is the assistant football coach.
The group was returning from a football camp in Oregon, according to The Taos News, in Taos, N.M.
The accident occurred shortly before 4 p.m., in the eastbound lanes of the highway, when the driver lost control of the SUV after going through two dips in the highway. Colorado State Patrol officers said Armijo was driving 85 mph in a 65 mph zone.
According to the Colorado State Patrol, the vehicle traveled 126 feet before skidding 29.8 feet and partially traveling onto the center median. The vehicle then continued to skid eastbound for 118.8 feet while rotating a quarter clockwise before reentering the roadway and skidding 24.8 feet.
The Kia then rolled three and a half times, traveling 354.1 feet across both eastbound traffic lanes and an eastbound merge lane.
The SUV came to a final rest on its top, facing south, on the eastbound shoulder of the roadway.
Alcohol and drug use are not suspected.
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