A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of California and spent five days 'immobilized' in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued by firefighters.
Kern County Fire Department rescued a person from a pickup truck that was found in the bottom of a 100-foot ravine between the communities of Arvin and Stallion Springs, Calif., Sept. 2, 2023.A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of Southern California and spent five days "immobilized" in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued this weekend by firefighters who formed a human pulley system to pluck the victim from the ravine, authorities said.
When firefighters got to the secluded scene, they found a badly damaged pickup truck and one occupant at the bottom of a 100-foot cliff, according to the report. A team of more than 20 firefighters -- including four engine crews, six fire patrol units and an urban search and rescue team -- joined forces to pull off the rescue, officials said.A photo released by the fire department shows more than a dozen firefighters standing shoulder-to-shoulder on a dirt road above the ravine, holding onto a rope and lowering a rescuer down to the crashed vehicle.
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