Mount Tam rescue effort saves driver in ravine
The driver's vehicle plunged about 200 feet off Panoramic Highway and crashed into a large tree.
A Sonoma County sheriff’s helicopter crew rescued a driver from a ravine on the west side of Mount Tamalpais.
The vehicle plunged about 200 feet down from Panoramic Highway on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Larry Matelli, a member of the air crew, said a large tree stopped the vehicle from falling further.
“Her car was teetering on a tree,” he said Thursday.
Two rescuers attached themselves to a 200-foot rescue line and were lowered into the heavily wooded area to retrieve the driver. Matelli said the helicopter hovered just 10 feet above the treetops.
The driver reported pain and was transported to an ambulance crew waiting nearby.