A Texas man is miraculously nonetheless alive after his automobile tumbled roughly 200 ft down a canyon.
He managed to flee from the automobile and stroll to security with what gave the impression to be comparatively few accidents based mostly on the severity of the accident.
On Tuesday (March 10), the Texas State Park Police addressed the incident, which occurred in Duro Canyon State Park. They stated that park employees responded to reviews about an injured man.
After they arrived, they “noticed indicators of damage, together with bleeding and a black eye.” He stated that his automobile “had a flat tire.”
However the automobile was nowhere to be seen till it was lastly discovered “the wrong way up” and roughly 200 ft down a canyon.
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In a information launch on Fb, the State Park Police stated that the primary notification concerning the man got here round 11:50 a.m. on Monday (March 9).
Lower than 20 minutes later, park employees have been capable of finding his automobile “under the ‘Large Hill’ east of Park Highway 5.”
Based mostly on pictures, it appeared as if the automobile had tumbled and rolled down the canyon earlier than lastly coming to a relaxation.
The accident occurred the day prior, and by some means the person obtained himself out of the wreck and to security.
Whereas talking to authorities, he stated he “had a tire blowout on Park Highway 5 after darkish on March 8, 2026, inflicting him to veer off the street and into the canyon.”
He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital for added therapy. Along with the black eye, State Park Police consider that he had suffered “a attainable concussion and damaged ribs.”
To retrieve his automobile, “Texas State Park Police, Canyon FD, and Randall Co. FD rescue personnel deployed a excessive angle ropes system to decrease and join a cable for Canyon/Sierra Towing as a way to retrieve the crashed car.”
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.