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TX: Woman lives after pickup falls 150 feet
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/6/07 | AP

Posted on 08/06/2007 8:45:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

EL PASO, Texas - A pickup truck hit a boulder and tumbled over a 150-foot cliff, but the 71-year-old driver survived, officials said.

"It was a miracle that someone saw her vehicle," Sheriff's spokesman Rick Glancey said. "It is one of these days when God was on her side."

Helene Crosser told authorities that she was driving on Loop 375 to watch the sunrise early Sunday when her shoe fell off and got jammed beneath the brake pedal.

Crosser said she tried to pull off the road, but couldn't slow down because the shoe stopped the brake from fully working.

She was trapped in the Texas heat for seven hours until a driver spotted glint of light reflecting from afar and called 911. Authorities said Crosser didn't have a cell phone with her.

Crosser was taken to a hospital with dehydration and non-life-threatening injuries.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: falls; pickup
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It was her lucky day.
1 posted on 08/06/2007 8:45:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Had to be a Ford.


2 posted on 08/06/2007 8:46:17 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’m in the market for a new truck, I’d like to have what she was driving ,, damn..


3 posted on 08/06/2007 8:47:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
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To: NormsRevenge

No doubt!


4 posted on 08/06/2007 8:48:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: NormsRevenge
Will this one do the trick?
5 posted on 08/06/2007 8:50:14 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: tflabo

like to see that burn doughnuts. ;-)


6 posted on 08/06/2007 8:51:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; NormsRevenge
I didn't know that Tejas even had a difference of 150 feet in elevation....it's my understanding that even their "Hill Country" is the equivalent to a large dog's dropping.

:)~

7 posted on 08/06/2007 8:52:48 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: ErnBatavia

You obviously have never flown into El Paso. Landing toward the east you come over some 4-5K mountains, then drop a couple of thousand feet in probably 10 miles. It is scary even in a commercial plane.


8 posted on 08/06/2007 9:02:11 PM PDT by Lokibob (Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
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To: NormsRevenge
I’d like to have what she was driving

1988 Ford Ranger

9 posted on 08/06/2007 9:07:22 PM PDT by TChad
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

My exact thought.


10 posted on 08/06/2007 9:07:39 PM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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To: ErnBatavia

In Texas, we have everything. You just have to know where to look:’)


11 posted on 08/06/2007 9:07:52 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: ErnBatavia
I didn't know that Tejas even had a difference of 150 feet in elevation....it's my understanding that even their "Hill Country" is the equivalent to a large dog's dropping.

The Hill Country is as hilly as any other hills I've seen. Sometimes moreso.

The West Texas mountains are more like badlands, in Big Bend they reach up to around 7,800 ft. The highest in the Guadalupe range is 8700 ft.

12 posted on 08/06/2007 9:09:57 PM PDT by Spirochete
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To: NormsRevenge

It wasn’t a vertical drop, just a steep slope. The truck simply drove down the slope.

Consider that the 88 Ford Ranger she had would not have survived a 50’ straight drop, let alone a 150’ one.


13 posted on 08/06/2007 9:11:08 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ErnBatavia
Large dog dropping.

Good. Keep thinking that. Don't move here. :)

14 posted on 08/06/2007 9:11:37 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: TChad

I KNEW IT!!!!!!


15 posted on 08/06/2007 9:12:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: NormsRevenge

It went from a pickup to a compact......


16 posted on 08/06/2007 9:16:42 PM PDT by b4its2late (I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.)
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Obviously not a straight drop, any modern truck should be able to handle that.

More here, including video, at link: Click here.

17 posted on 08/06/2007 9:16:56 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Ford is tuff; I love my F250.

Found Off Road Dedyrated (but still alive!).

18 posted on 08/06/2007 9:18:10 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: b4its2late

Compact pickup to a subcompact.


19 posted on 08/06/2007 9:18:25 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I KNEW IT!!!!!!

You were right, but I bet you were thinking of something larger than a Ranger.

20 posted on 08/06/2007 9:18:33 PM PDT by TChad
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