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Motorist Injured After Car Overturns Down Embankment on Santa Anita Canyon Road

Sierra Madre Search and Rescue are at the scene and have made contact with motorist.

A car overturned on Santa Anita Canyon Road, plunging approximately 200 feet down an embankment late Thursday afternoon, according to the . Sierra Madre Search and Rescue and the Sierra Madre Police Department were among the first at the scene.

Lt. Paul Foley of the APD said another motorist reported seeing a green SUV go over the cliff at mile marker .76 on Santa Anita Canyon Road at around 5:15 p.m

Rescue teams have made contact with the driver, who is still inside the vehicle, Foley said. The driver has moderate to major injuries, Foley said.

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