Posted on 01/03/2020 1:40:51 PM PST by Enlightened1
Authorities in California are desperately searching for an SUV and its occupants after it was captured on video driving on a highway shoulder and then flying off a cliff.
In the 170-second video released by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, the dark-colored vehicle can be seen traveling northbound and then shooting across State Route 1 just south of Gray Whale Cove State Beach in Half Moon Bay, California, before disappearing from view.
A person who was traveling on the multi-lane highway saw the SUV and captured the dramatic moment on video at around 11 a.m. on Monday, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
In the video, the person pans their camera over the highway and then to the right, facing the ocean. Then, suddenly, the SUV passes in front of the car to the right, goes airborne and disappears from the frame.
California Highway Patrol Officer Bert Diaz told ABC News on Thursday that it was hard to determine from the video how fast the car was going before it went off the cliff. He said the fall was about 100 to 150 feet to the ocean.
Police said they believe the car plunged away from the jagged cliff embankment into the water below, which they estimated to be 30 to 40 feet deep.
"It's hard to determine as to what exactly happened. ... What we saw is what everyone else has seen," Diaz said. "It's hard to say if it was intentional, if it was an accident or if there was any foul play but we're looking into everything. ... We do know from what we've gathered that the vehicle did not collide with the rocks or with the hillside. ... We believe that it might have just submerged into the water."
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crash test dummies at it again...
I don’t buy it. They would have found the vehicle by now.
I think you left out the word “no” my FRiend.
Had to have been occupied to get to that location.........
[Looks like an intentional Thelma and Louise moment.
High Speed, no braking or loss of control... ]
I’ve not spent much time in California and have only driven that road twice. I do remember thinking that it would be bad to speed. A guardrail on some of those clifftop curves might be a good idea, but I suppose that’s too close to building a wall for Californians to contemplate.
Yep, ooooops
Maybe. Pretty remote coastline. Maybe no cell service.
Obvious glitch in the matrix
Fake news
When a car goes off the road, there is no lift on the front end of the car to keep it from obeying gravity and dipping down.
The video shows the car traveling nearly horizontally, for at least 2 car lengths after departing the earth and unsupported.
That type of effect happens in the movies with charges to lift the front end up until the rear leaves the surface.
Far easier for this to have been a Photoshopped video, cutting the object and pasting on top of the sky background.
> I do remember thinking that it would be bad to speed.
Yep, I used to go cycling on that road, generally drivers were nice but sometimes drifted because of the view. It was a nice climb back up over the coastal mountains. Really fun bike riding.
High penalty for failure was always evident.
You could be correct...the vehicle didnt bounce much...as it should have...also not much dirt kicked up...very clean path...did not seem to start falling after leaving ground...will have to review video again.
Yep - sure appeared that way - and we know you meant you hoped there were NO kids or other passengers...
Reminds me of an old joke though...
When I go, I want it to be peacefully and in my sleep like my Grandfather...not in screaming terror like his passengers.
Horrible. What a sobering video. Prayer for their loved ones.
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