UPDATE: Sierra Madre Search and Rescue and Arcadia Police Assist in Santa Anita Canyon Rescue; Man Airlifted to Hospital
Motorist had overturned his car on Chantry Flats Road, plunging approximately 200 feet down an embankment late Thursday afternoon.
UPDATE: The male motorist was airlifted by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Helicopter out of the embankment at approximately 6:45 p.m., according to Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team Member Ron Hanson. The man is being taken to a nearby hospital. Assisting on the ground were units from the Arcadia Police Department.
ORIGINAL STORY: A car overturned on Santa Anita Canyon Road, plunging approximately 200 feet down an embankment late Thursday afternoon, according to the Arcadia Police Department.
Lt. Paul Foley of the APD said another motorist reported seeing a green SUV go over the cliff at mile marker .76 on Santa Anita Canyon Road at around 5:15 p.m
Rescue teams have made contact with the driver, who is still inside the vehicle, Foley said. The driver has moderate to major injuries, Foley said.
Police said Sierra Madre Search and Rescue are at the scene.
Check back later for updates on this developing story.
Bill Peters
9:37 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Do you mean Chantry Flats Road?
John Stephens
9:56 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Arcadia PD reported it as Santa Anita Canyon Road. A rose by another name I suppose..
Bill Peters
10:24 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Locals have always called in merely Chantry or Chantry Flats after Sierra Madre's Charlie Chantry.
D Shelley
11:15 am on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
I heard today at Beantown ("Sierra Madre's Living Room") that this was an attempted suicide (no skid marks - no failed brakes) and that the man involved had lost his hand. This information supposedly came from folks up at the pack station.
Eric Hamilton
12:28 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2011
I have some good news. The man is one of our clients at Crescenta Valley Insurance. He and his daughter were in our office just 10 minutes ago. He had gone for a hike, was driving home, and swerved to miss an animal in the road. No broken bones. One tooth missing. The steering wheel punched him in the chest, which caused some heart issues requiring surgery. He was in the hospital for 21 days. He's looking forward to getting a new car. The doctors says he can start hiking again after 3 months. Eric