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The person and his automobile have been discovered round 400 ft off a cliff.
The California Freeway Patrol Coastal Division stated Wednesday its groups rescued a person who had been stranded for 2 days after by accident driving off a cliffside.
On Tuesday, the Coast Division Air Operations Unit was requested to ship out a crew to seek for a potential automobile off the aspect of the shoreline between Big Sur and Carmel after an worker of a neighborhood institution didn’t make it dwelling on Sunday night time, authorities stated.
Two models looked for the person. One in all them noticed the automobile situated roughly 400 ft down a cliff, not removed from an remoted seaside, the CHP Coast Division stated in a Facebook post. The crew noticed the person subsequent to the automobile “waving a makeshift flag.”
The opposite unit got here in and rescued the person. He was taken to Natividad Medical Middle in Salinas for remedy, the Coastal Division stated. Regardless of spending two days off the aspect of a cliff, the person “seemed to be secure and suffered average accidents,” per officers.
Authorities stated the person advised them he swerved to keep away from a deer whereas driving dwelling late Sunday night time, which led him to “veer off the roadway and roll a number of hundred ft down” the cliff. The person reportedly advised the primary responders he had been ejected via the automobile’s sunroof because the automobile slid down the hillside.
There was no seaside entry or trails the place the incident occurred. Authorities additionally stated the person’s automobile couldn’t be seen from the street.
ABC Information’ Marilyn Heck contributed to this report.
