Mount Baldy

Woman Rescued After Plunging 75 Feet Off Cliff

The woman fell after she tried to get out of a car that was on a dirt berm.

A woman plunged about 75 feet down a cliff after the car she was driving went over an embankment near Mount Baldy on Saturday.

Officers received a call around 10 p.m. and arrived to find a Toyota Corolla on top of a dirt berm near Mount Baldy Road and Shinn Road, the California Highway Patrol said. The passenger had called to report that the female driver had fallen down the cliff while trying to get out of the car.

Crews were able to rescue the woman and transport her to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, the CHP said.

What led up to the crash was still under investigation.

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