Tons of rock and soil roared across Colorado Highway 96 west of Pueblo Sunday afternoon as the hillside above the intersection with Colorado Highway 165 gave way.

The Colorado Department of Transportation closed state highways 165 and 96 in southern Colorado due to a rock slide.

The rockslide has prompted the indefinite closure of Colorado Highway 96 and Colorado Highway 165 in Custer County as geologists with the Colorado Department of Transportation work to determine whether the remaining cliffside is stable enough for removal of debris.

Highways 96 and 165 in Colorado's Cluster County were impacted after actively falling rocks made the roads unsafe.

Cameras were rolling when a massive rockslide buried a Colorado highway Sunday. Sierra Wright was approaching the intersection of Highway 96 and 165 near Westcliffe when she noticed people were stopping to take photographs of the budding rockslide.