A driver died after he plunged more than 300 feet down a hillside off
Highway 50 near Pollock Pines on Tuesday, according to the El Dorado
County Fire Protection District.
In a social media post, the fire protection district said the man𠏋 wife
had alerted authorities to the crash. Fire officials said the Tesla the
man was driving automatically notified her that it had been in a crash.
The Sacramento Bee reported that authorities were notified of the crash
around 11:30 a.m.
The outlet reported that the Tesla 𠁆eered off westbound lanes�near a
Chevron gas station on Old Carson Road. Rescue crews pinpointed the
Tesla𠏋 location using longitude and latitude coordinates provided by the
car, the fire protection district said.
The driver, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
He suffered blunt force trauma from the crash and from being ejected from
the vehicle, the post said.
What caused the crash, which occurred roughly 60 miles northeast of
Sacramento near Outer Limits Lane, is unclear. Two child booster seats
were found at the scene, but the authorities were told by the man𠏋 wife
that the kids were safe at home, 懀he only silver lining in an otherwise
very solemn scenario,�the post said.
Cal Fire and a hand crew from California Conservation Corps assisted in
the 𢡠abor-intensive�recovery operation, the post said. The Bee reported
that authorities shut down one lane of Highway 50 and deployed cables to
bring the car back to the roadway.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/man-dies-after-tesla-plunges-off-
calif-highway-19449098.php
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