By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer
JENNER, Calif. — Bystanders flagged down a deputy to report a vehicle crash into a ravine, California officials reported.
The crash took place at 2:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, on Highway 1 near Jenner, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The deputy spotted a vehicle overturned at the bottom of the ravine and called for help from a nearby sheriff’s helicopter on patrol, officials said.
The helicopter arrived at the crash scene in nine minutes and set down on the highway to prepare for a rescue, deputies said.
A video posted to Facebook shows the helicopter lower two medics to the wreck with a 100-foot line.
The medics rescued the driver, who was hoisted to the helicopter and flown to a fire station to be taken to a hospital in an ambulance, deputies said.
No information on the driver’s medical condition was available.
Jenner is about 80 miles northwest of San Francisco.
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