UPDATE: Driver Survives 50-Foot Plunge
A pickup crashes off a road and down a 50-foot embankment into a canyon.
A tow truck removes a vehicle that crashed off Rancho California Road and down a steep embankment.
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A driver who plunged his truck off a road and down a 50-foot embankment was rushed to a hospital today.
A passerby reported a truck crashing off the road around 1:31 p.m. on Rancho California Road just west of Ridge Park Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The male driver was found unconscious but breathing, according to a CHP dispatcher.
The driver was rushed to a hospital with minor injuries, according to Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department.
Three fire engines, a truck company and 15 firefighters conducted a "rope rescue," and by 3 p.m., the truck was retrieved, according to Hagemann.
To read the initial report of the crash, click here.
Did you see the crash? What did you see?
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Brenda
8:52 am on Tuesday, December 6, 2011
That is a long fall and he has minor injuries because I assume the truck didnt roll. Thank God for "over the side" and not "the truck that rolled over and over and over".
Hope you are doing ok driver and hope this wasnt a case of you avoiding someone coming at you straight on and he didnt stop. :( People dont often just randonly drive off the side of a 50 foot drop.
stef
7:42 pm on Tuesday, December 6, 2011
I hope the driver is okay too. Let's all get there safely! Slow and steady wins the race!