A car drove off a cliff on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County leaving one in critical condition

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. - Around 2:30 Friday afternoon a vehicle drove off Highway 1 and slid nearly 300 feet down a cliff, CalFire announced. 

There was only one passenger in the vehicle and emergency personnel were able to rescue them using a CalFire helicopter.

The passenger was taken to a nearby hospital and is currently in critical condition, CalFire announced. 

A screenshot from KTVU's SkyFOX footage shows a vehicle in the Pacific Ocean after it drove off of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County on Friday July 14, 2023.

CalTrans said that one-way traffic control was in place just north of Scott Creek Bridge following the "vehicle incident."

KTVU's SkyFOX was on scene and footage showed one vehicle in shallow water in the ocean and one victim on a gurney being attended to by emergency personnel.

A screenshot from KTVU's SkyFOX footage shows emergency medical personnel attending to a passenger of a vehicle that drove off Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County on July 14, 2023.

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