The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has a search underway for a man missing since an accident Friday night.
David White, 30, has been missing since his Jeep Grand Cherokee was found about 11 p.m. Friday in an irrigation ditch along East Animas Road (County Road 250).
“He’s not been heard from or seen since,” said Sgt. Mel Schaaf with the Sheriff’s Office. “We spent today searching a field near the accident in case he was lying there injured.”
Not much is known about the cause of the accident.
“All I know is we received a call about an abandoned vehicle off the road,” said Capt. Adrian Driscoll of the Colorado State Patrol. “We responded and had it towed. It wasn’t until Monday that we learned the Sheriff’s Office asked for access because the driver was missing.”
White is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weights between 170 and 180 pounds. He has a shaved head, blue eyes and muscular build.
White grew up in Durango and is currently working construction for Carl’s Concrete and Construction.
“His family and friends have spent the last three days looking for him,” his friend Briana Cotten said. “We don’t know what has happened.”
People having information about White’s whereabouts should call the Sheriff’s Office at 247-1157 or Cotten at 903-1803.
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