Tag: accidents

Jul 11

1 dead after SUV plummets over cliffside in Rancho Palos Verdes

At least one person is confirmed dead after a vehicle plummeted over a cliffside in Rancho Palos Verdes Tuesday afternoon, authorities announced.

Rescue personnel responded to the scene near Palos Verdes Drive West and Calle Entradero around 2:45 p.m. according to L.A. County Fire.

It is unclear what led to the crash, but when crews arrived, they found what appeared to be a white sport utility vehicle 150 feet over the cliffside.

Aerial video from Sky5 showed the vehicle’s front end completely flattened with debris strewn across the cliffside. In video obtained by KTLA, a heavy presence of police and firefighters can be seen above the cliff, as well as damage done to the fence that the SUV allegedly drove crashed through.

  • One person died after their vehicle plummeted 150 feet off a cliffside in Rancho Palos Verdes on July 11, 2023. (KTLA)
    First responders on a Rancho Palos Verdes cliffside after an SUV plunged 150 feet below, killing at least one person in the car on July 11, 2023. (KTLA)
    Damage seen to a fence that an SUV allegedly crashed through before plunging off a cliffside and killing at least one of the vehicle’s occupants in Rancho Palos Verdes on July 11, 2023. (KTLA)

Authorities have not said if there were any other passengers in the vehicle.

Jul 11

Weird crash: SUV gets skewered by guardrail in Roosevelt

ROOSEVELT−An SUV traveling on Route 571 in the borough drifted off the road Sunday and caught the sharp end a guardrail that skewered the vehicle, but left whoever was in it uninjured, authorities said.

The crash happened about 4:30 p.m. on what’s also known as North Rochdale Avenue, said Sgt. Philip Curry of the New Jersey State Police.

The crash involved only one vehicle and no injuries, Curry said.

After striking the barrier lengthwise, the SUV continued along the same path, ending in what appears to be in the middle of the section of guardrail, based on photos from the Millstone Township Fire Department. About 20 feet of the guardrail was left sticking out of the rear of the car.

No further information was released about the driver, possible passengers or whether any tickets were issued.