Family uses Find My iPhone to locate relative who crashed 200 feet below Southern California highway - The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

A pistillate who went missing aft leaving a Christmas gathering with household was located 200 feet beneath Highway 18 successful a mountainous country northbound of San Bernardino lone aft relatives utilized the Find My iPhone diagnostic to spot her, occurrence officials said.

The unidentified pistillate is believed to person crashed sometime overnight aft leaving her family's Christmas Day gathering. The clang went unreported for hours, with the pistillate wrong the car and the wreck retired of the presumption of drivers connected the highway.

On Monday, San Bernardino County Fire officials said successful a Facebook post, her household became acrophobic erstwhile they couldn't get successful interaction with her the pursuing morning.

Relatives activated the Find My iPhone diagnostic to way her down, yet starring them to Highway 18, conscionable northbound of 40th Street, adjacent the San Bernardino assemblage of North Park, occurrence officials said. Once relatives spotted the conveyance down successful the brush, they called 911 for help.

Paramedic crews responded and reached the vehicle, which was recovered connected its side.

Firefighters utilized municipality hunt and rescue instrumentality to rise the pistillate up to the road, wherever an ambulance took her to a adjacent trauma center. The pistillate wrong suffered superior injuries, occurrence officials said. Her information was not instantly known.