A vehicle went off the roadway and plunged up to 200 feet down an embankment late Friday night on Rancho California Road, in a crash that the California Highway Patrol dispatch log designated as a fatality.
The incident was first logged at 10:49 p.m. near 28399 Rancho California Road in Temecula. Initial dispatch notes reported a traffic collision with casualties with unknown injuries. However, at 11:22 p.m., the CHP updated the incident type from a traffic collision to a fatality.
According to the CHP Traffic Incident Information. Emergency responders initially estimated the vehicle was 100 feet down the embankment. By 11:27 p.m., responders updated the distance, reporting the vehicle was 150 to 200 feet down.
A coroner was requested to the scene at 11:19 p.m.. Heavy-duty towing equipment, including a rotator, was dispatched to assist in recovering the vehicle from the steep terrain.
