Three people have been killed after their Jeep plunged off a 100ft-high cliff during an off-roading tour.
The trio were viewing Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, in the US, when they careered off the high edge on Monday.
Those killed were a group from Arizona and included Diana Robles, 28 and Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60.
The aunt and niece died alongside the driver of the vehicle, 72-year-old Don Fehd.
It occurred on the edge of Ouray County Road 361 in Colorado, according to local reports from The Montrose Daily Press.
The fall saw the 2022 Jeep Gladiator fall over 100ft to the bottom of the cliff, before rolling another 140ft in another fall that saw driver Fehd trusted out of the car.
Two sightseers eventually came across the stricken vehicle, found upside down on its roof with Robles and Figueroa-Perez inside.
Mere moments before the crash, Robles had captured a picture of Imogene Pass, reported to be the second highest driving pass in the state.
A press release by the Colorado State Patrol said: "[The Jeep] drifted off the right edge of the road which was a cliff.
"The Jeep fell to the bottom of the cliff impacting the ground.
"After impacting the ground, it rolled down a rocky embankment coming to final rest on its roof facing south near the bank of Canyon Creek.
"During the rollover sequence, the driver was ejected and came to final rest along the rocky embankment.
"The other two occupants remained inside the vehicle. The cause of the crash is under investigation."
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but recovery of the vehicle and its passengers was completed on Tuesday.
A devastated family member, Diana Figueroa, wrote: "As a family we are with our great sorrow for the loss of two members of our family Ofelia Figueroa-Pérez and Diana Karina Robles.
"We're at a loss for words and can't believe. We as a family want to thank everyone who has shown any act of love, phone call, text, messenger, who have brought food, water, Thank you!"
"We know they are in God's merciful hands, because they as nurses had hands that healed every life they touched. When we make funeral plans we will let them know."
The incident is the second fatal off-road crash on an Ouray County trail in this month alone.
A man, also from Arizona, died on September 5 when his vehicle rolled off Imogene Pass.
A local report from the Ouray County Plaindealer said driver had a "quirky, genuine way with the visitors who climbed into his Jeep".
"He’d ask them where they were from. And then, before they could finish saying their hometown, he’d exclaim, 'I was from there!' Maybe he was."
