All Eight Survived Car's Plunge Off 200-Foot Cliff

Los Angeles Times: 8 Survive Car's Plunge Off Mulholland Cliff

May 27, 2006


It was an accident site at the top of a 200-foot cliff where rescuers arrived expecting the worst — and left shaking their heads in amazement.

The Sentra struck a telephone pole and plunged down a ravine, rolling over several times. It came to rest 200 feet below the road in a brushy area. Fire and police officials arrived at the accident scene concerned about possible fatalities. More than 100 firefighters and rescue personnel responded, including some in three helicopters that beamed bright lights into the dark canyon. But by the time they arrived, two of the people in the car had already managed to climb back up to Mulholland. Firefighters rappelled down the cliff to the battered vehicle. They found some of the young people outside the Sentra and two trapped inside. But to the surprise of rescuers, none had life-threatening injuries.

Rescuers were at a loss to explain how all survived such a precipitous fall.

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