TX: Woman lives after pickup falls 150 feet

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/6/07 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

EL PASO, Texas - A pickup truck hit a boulder and tumbled over a 150-foot cliff, but the 71-year-old driver survived, officials said.

"It was a miracle that someone saw her vehicle," Sheriff's spokesman Rick Glancey said. "It is one of these days when God was on her side."

Helene Crosser told authorities that she was driving on Loop 375 to watch the sunrise early Sunday when her shoe fell off and got jammed beneath the brake pedal.

Crosser said she tried to pull off the road, but couldn't slow down because the shoe stopped the brake from fully working.

She was trapped in the Texas heat for seven hours until a driver spotted glint of light reflecting from afar and called 911. Authorities said Crosser didn't have a cell phone with her.

Crosser was taken to a hospital with dehydration and non-life-threatening injuries.

[NormsRevenge]

It was her lucky day.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Had to be a Ford.

[NormsRevenge]

I’m in the market for a new truck, I’d like to have what she was driving ,, damn..

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

No doubt!

[tflabo]

Will this one do the trick?

[NormsRevenge]

like to see that burn doughnuts. ;-)

[ErnBatavia]

I didn't know that Tejas even had a difference of 150 feet in elevation....it's my understanding that even their "Hill Country" is the equivalent to a large dog's dropping.

:)~

[Lokibob]

You obviously have never flown into El Paso. Landing toward the east you come over some 4-5K mountains, then drop a couple of thousand feet in probably 10 miles. It is scary even in a commercial plane.

[TChad]

I’d like to have what she was driving

1988 Ford Ranger

[mefistofelerevised]

My exact thought.

[CindyDawg]

In Texas, we have everything. You just have to know where to look:’)

[Spirochete]

I didn't know that Tejas even had a difference of 150 feet in elevation....it's my understanding that even their "Hill Country" is the equivalent to a large dog's dropping.

The Hill Country is as hilly as any other hills I've seen. Sometimes moreso.

The West Texas mountains are more like badlands, in Big Bend they reach up to around 7,800 ft. The highest in the Guadalupe range is 8700 ft.

[Spktyr]

It wasn’t a vertical drop, just a steep slope. The truck simply drove down the slope.

Consider that the 88 Ford Ranger she had would not have survived a 50’ straight drop, let alone a 150’ one.

[txhurl]

Large dog dropping.

Good. Keep thinking that. Don't move here. :)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!

[b4its2late]

It went from a pickup to a compact......

[Spktyr]

Obviously not a straight drop, any modern truck should be able to handle that.

More here, including video, at link: Click here.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Ford is tuff; I love my F250.

Found Off Road Dedyrated (but still alive!).

[Spktyr]

Compact pickup to a subcompact.

[TChad]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!

You were right, but I bet you were thinking of something larger than a Ranger.