Traffic & Transit
Car Plunges Over Devil's Slide Cliff: 2 Dead
A Cal Fire team rappelled from Highway 1 down to the vehicle to check for survivors following Friday's crash.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — State Highway 1 along the Devil's Slide area in San Mateo County was closed in both directions late Friday following a solo vehicle crash that left two people dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported at about 11:40 a.m. after the gray, two-door sedan went off the road and down a cliff south of the Tom Lantos Tunnels.
Multiple CHP officers, along with other law enforcement agencies and fire crews, were dispatched to the area and closed the road while a Cal Fire team rappelled down to check on the car's occupants, said CHP spokesman Sgt. Caleb Benefiel.
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Both people in the car were pronounced dead at the scene.
The road was expected to remain closed until at least 1:30 p.m. while a tow truck crew retrieves the car from the cliffside.
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