Local News in Brief : 5 Survive Car’s Tumble 100 Feet Down Bank
A car carrying five people tumbled about 100 feet down an embankment in the Angeles National Forest, but officials said Sunday all of the victims survived.
The two people injured most seriously were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. One, identified as Thomas Moore, 28, was listed in fair condition Sunday at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. The other, who went to Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, was not identified.
Three other passengers with minor injuries were taken by ambulance to Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department search and rescue team and the California Highway Patrol both learned of the accident shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, but at first they were told that only two people appeared to be inside the car.
Upon reaching the scene of the accident on Big Tujunga Canyon Road seven miles west of Angeles Forest Highway, they discovered the additional three passengers.
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