A driver was rescued Friday after their automotive plunged greater than 500 toes off a cliff at Mt. Tamalpais within the Bay Space, authorities mentioned.
A number of businesses responded to the crash at about 7:53 p.m. within the space of Ridgecrest Drive in Marin County, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on Fb. Three U.S. Air Pressure airmen had witnessed the automobile go over the cliff and tried to render help earlier than first responders arrived, based on the sheriff’s workplace.
A Marin County Fireplace Division captain rappelled to the automotive and commenced life-saving measures on the sufferer, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The automobile was situated 530 toes down the hill and was wedged between a damaged tree and the hillside.
A paramedic and extrication gear have been deployed to the automotive utilizing a 200-foot line, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The individual sustained main accidents and was faraway from the automotive and loaded onto a stretcher, based on the sheriff’s workplace. The individual was taken through the lengthy line to an ambulance and flown on a helicopter to a trauma middle.
Authorities additionally saved a rescuer through helicopter who bought injured attempting to get to the automotive.
