DRIVER SURVIVES 360-FOOT PLUNGE IN POWAY
June 6, 2011 (Poway) -- A 57-year-old driver was rescued today after he lost control of his vehicle on Kirkham Way and plummeted 360 feet down into a valley.
Poway Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash around 8:12 a.m. and found the black Mercedes, which was upright in the canyon despite hurtling downhill for hundreds of feet. A helicopter air-lifted the survivor and sole occupant out of the valley; he was then transported by ambulance to Palomar Medical Center, the Sheriff’s office reports.
The driver was wearing a seatbelt and airbags in the vehicle deployed. According to ECM news partner 10 News, the man suffered only minor injuries.