Driver somehow escapes death after plunging 600 feet off cliff — but ends up in cuffs anyway
Metro Driver somehow escapes death after plunging 600 feet off cliff — but ends up in cuffs anyway By Ben Chapman Published July 13, 2026, 1:43 p.m. Add The California Post on Google An allegedly impaired driver recently survived a fiery, 600-foot plunge off a serpentine highway in rural Northern California — but still faces the long arm of the law, officials said. The wild ride unfolded earlier last week on Highway 263 in rural Siskiyou County when a man driving a truck veered off the road and tumbled down a steep cliffside, throwing himself into a deadly situation, police said.
- ▪Metro Driver somehow escapes death after plunging 600 feet off cliff — but ends up in cuffs anyway By Ben Chapman Published July 13, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
- ▪Add The California Post on Google An allegedly impaired driver recently survived a fiery, 600-foot plunge off a serpentine highway in rural Northern California — but still faces the long arm of the law, officials said.
- ▪The wild ride unfolded earlier last week on Highway 263 in rural Siskiyou County when a man driving a truck veered off the road and tumbled down a steep cliffside, throwing himself into a deadly situation, police said.
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