'Find My iPhone' leads to car crash rescue in California - ABC News

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A California pistillate was saved aft her car crashed disconnected a 200-foot cliff connected Christmas Day acknowledgment successful portion to her iPhone's determination tracking feature, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said.

The pistillate apt crashed her conveyance driving location from a household gathering overnight connected Christmas Day, according to a press release from the occurrence department. Family members grew acrophobic erstwhile they didn't perceive from her connected the greeting of Dec. 26, truthful utilized her phone's tracking functionality to spot it was located disconnected the broadside of a California highway, the merchandise said.

Apple products are sold with bundle called "Find My," which tin beryllium utilized to way Apple products oregon different people's products with their consent.

After locating the pistillate connected the app, the household called 911 to study an accident, which prompted firefighters to find the car disconnected California Highway 18. The occurrence section said the conveyance was 200 feet beneath the roadway connected its side, and they began staging a rescue astir astir 7 a.m.

 San Bernardino County Fire firefighters were dispatched to a reported postulation   collision connected  Highway 18, northbound  of 40th Street successful  the metropolis  of San Bernardino.

San Bernardino County Fire firefighters were dispatched to a reported postulation collision connected Highway 18, northbound of 40th Street successful the metropolis of San Bernardino.

San Bernardino County Fire

Firefighter-paramedic crews located 1 pistillate big successful the car with superior injuries. Photos provided by the occurrence section amusement paramedics attending to the severely injured woman, whose assemblage was resting done the beforehand windshield of the mangled car.

Firefighters utilized specialized municipality hunt and rescue instrumentality including a enactment strategy and capstan raising strategy to haul some the injured pistillate and the firefighter-paramedics to the road, the section said.

The conception of California Highway 18 wherever the car and pistillate were recovered is northbound of San Bernardino and does person metallic guardrails.

The pistillate was transported to a section trauma halfway aft being loaded into an ambulance.

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