71-year-old woman seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, after driving her car several hundred feet down an embankment on Old Highway 99 near Ashland.
71-year-old woman rescued hours after driving car down Ashland embankment.
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Firefighters rescued a 71-year old Talent area woman from her car Tuesday morning, hours after she intentionally drove of Old Highway 99 south of Ashland and crashed several hundred feet down a steep embankment, police said.
An Oregon Department of Transportation worker spotted the wrecked car shortly before 9 a.m. and called for help.
According to Oregon State Police, a preliminary investigation showed the woman drove off the highway on purpose during the night and was trapped inside the vehicle for hours.
Firefighters from Ashland Fire &and Rescue and Jackson County Fire District 5 and an OSP trooper used ropes to reach the wreckage. They removed the woman and took her about 100 yards up the steep embankment to the roadway, police said.
An air ambulance helicopter took her to Providence Medford Medical Center, but she reportedly didn't appear to suffer from any injuries. She was being held for a mental health evaluation at the hospital.
The OSP did not release her name.
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