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CBS News
17-07-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Driver survives after driving off a cliff in Pacifica
A driver was rescued after driving off a cliff in Pacifica Thursday morning, authorities said. The incident happened at 7:46 a.m. in the area of Manor Drive and Monterey Avenue. The North County Fire Authority said a vehicle drove over the edge of the cliff and plunged approximately 200 yards, coming to rest at the base of the cliff. Firefighters and a helicopter crew performed a high-angle rope rescue of the solo driver of the vehicle, the Fire Authority said. The rescuers hoisted the adult male driver from the cliff's base to awaiting medics who took him to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, the authority said. The entire rescue operation took about 90 minutes. There was no immediate word on what caused the crash. The Fire Authority said the Pacifica Police Department was investigating the incident.
CBS News
30-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Runaway concrete truck plows into Daly City homes
A runaway concrete mixer truck rolled down a steep street in a Daly City neighborhood and smashed into two houses Friday morning, leaving them severely damaged, authorities said. The incident happened shortly before 11 a.m. on Shipley Avenue near Simpson Drive between Callan Boulevard and Gellert Boulevard. The truck crashed into the front of a parked vehicle before plowing into one home and coming to rest embedded in the house next door, leaving both with significant structural damage. A concrete mixer truck is seen lodged in a house on Shipley Avenue in Daly City after it rolled down the street, hitting two homes, May 30, 2025. KPIX / Stringer The North County Fire Authority told CBS News San Francisco that there were no injuries reported, but more than a dozen people were displaced as a result of the crash. The Daly City Building Department red-tagged both buildings, and Pacific Gas and Electric crews were on hand to shut off utilities to the homes. Crews worked for hours to transfer the cement to another truck so it could be extricated from the building.
