Man Trapped in Truck for Days After Driving Off Cliff

The 26-year-old suffered a fractured ankle and broken ribs
By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 25, 2017 2:58 PM CST
Man Trapped in Truck for Days After Driving Off Cliff
Visitors watch an early winter storm blow through the Angeles National Forest from Inspiration Point near Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, Nov. 21, 2016.   (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)

A 26-year-old man spent two days trapped in his truck—injured and dealing with freezing temperatures—after careening 74 feet down a cliff, KTLA reports. According to the Los Angeles Times, the man went off the road in California's Angeles National Forest for unexplained reasons, flipping his truck, and ending up down the side of a cliff. He was reported missing two days ago, but the California Highway Patrol didn't receive a tip about the truck until early Wednesday, NBC Los Angeles reports. The unidentified man was removed from his truck and taken for medical care around 4am. He had severe injuries, including a fractured ankle and broken ribs, but was "awake and alert." (More Angeles National Forest stories.)

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