1.   The patrol said the garments are evidence.

2.   The patrol said troopers could respond only to extreme emergency cases, leaving dozens of other motorists to fend for themselves if they spun into snowdrifts or ditches.

3.   Doherty refused to take a breath test at the scene and instead chose to have blood drawn at the county jail for testing, the patrol said.

4.   Details about what caused the crash were not immediately available, but the patrol said Cisar had been drinking.

5.   In the last ramming attempt, the Italians were unable to avoid collision despite quickly cutting their engine, the coast patrol said.

6.   The patrol said earlier it was investigating whether a mechanical problem caused the crash.

7.   The patrol said the debris from the crash was scattered, making identification of the plane difficult.

8.   The patrol said the truck driver, Daniel Adams II, apparently ran a red light.

9.   The patrol said drinking and inattention were factors.

10.   The patrol said it notified the Park Service and maintained contact with the climbers for about four hours on Thursday.