CA Firefighters Airlift Two after Car Plunges off Cliff

June 4, 2019
The car fell 500 feet off the side of Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest, and Los Angeles County firefighters needed a helicopter to reach the two people.

A 26-year-old man and a girl, 16, were rescued by fire officials after their car plunged over the side of Angeles Crest Highway late Monday.

Los Angeles County firefighters received a report shortly after 11 p.m. that a vehicle had driven off the side of a cliff on the highway near Mile Marker 31 in the Angeles National Forest.

When crews arrived, they saw a car about 500 feet down the hillside, according to fire officials.

A helicopter airlifted the man and teenager off the cliff and took them to a hospital for treatment. Their injuries were described by fire officials as minor to moderate.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

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