LOS ANGELES — (LOS ANGELES) -- First responders in Los Angeles County say they were able to rescue a man who drove off a 400-foot cliff on Friday after receiving an alert triggered by his phone.
The driver, who rescuers found at the bottom of a ravine, was"bleeding profusely" but survived the incident, according to Mike Leum, a search and rescue group leader for the LA County Sheriff's Department.
Leum said dispatchers learned about the incident due to the driver's iPhone 14 crash detection program. Recent iPhones and Apple Watches have a program that automatically alerts authorities if the phone's sensors suggest the device's owner might be in a crash or hard fall. The driver's car, found pancaked at the bottom of the ravine, was unrecognizable, according to Leum. Apart from the head laceration, the driver had no other major injuries such as broken bones, he said."This guy on Friday would have bled out," Leum said about the severity of his injuries.
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