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I can only hope that when I get to be 80-ish, I'll be able to follow this lady's example of survival should the need arise.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ca...fter+plunges+down+mountain/3282697/story.html
CALGARY - An 80-year-old Calgary woman is doing fine in hospital after surviving for two days following a highway crash down a steep B.C. mountainside.
"She was in amazingly good condition and in good humour," said RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.
Betty Lyons was driving back to Calgary from Christina Lake, B.C. on Monday morning when she lost control of her Acura sedan on Highway 3 near the Bombi Summit, east of Castlegar.
Investigators said the car plunged approximately 60 metres into dense trees, unseen by any other motorists.
"The vehicle had been hung up in some trees. She managed to make it down, to the bottom of the embankment, but couldn't make her way back up for help," Moskaluk said.
Lyons' family reported her missing on Tuesday, sparking an investigation and search by the RCMP.
As the case stretched into Wednesday, Lyons' family became even more worried and hired a private helicopter to search the area as well.
Someone in the chopper spotted Lyons' car from the air at about 5 p.m. Calgary time and contacted the RCMP.
Search-and-rescue crews carried Lyons up the embankment to a waiting ambulance, which took her to hospital, where she remained earlier today.
Moskaluk said she was suffering only from minor dehydration and some cuts and bruises and was in hospital strictly for observation.
jvanrassel@theherald.canwest.com
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ca...fter+plunges+down+mountain/3282697/story.html
CALGARY - An 80-year-old Calgary woman is doing fine in hospital after surviving for two days following a highway crash down a steep B.C. mountainside.
"She was in amazingly good condition and in good humour," said RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.
Betty Lyons was driving back to Calgary from Christina Lake, B.C. on Monday morning when she lost control of her Acura sedan on Highway 3 near the Bombi Summit, east of Castlegar.
Investigators said the car plunged approximately 60 metres into dense trees, unseen by any other motorists.
"The vehicle had been hung up in some trees. She managed to make it down, to the bottom of the embankment, but couldn't make her way back up for help," Moskaluk said.
Lyons' family reported her missing on Tuesday, sparking an investigation and search by the RCMP.
As the case stretched into Wednesday, Lyons' family became even more worried and hired a private helicopter to search the area as well.
Someone in the chopper spotted Lyons' car from the air at about 5 p.m. Calgary time and contacted the RCMP.
Search-and-rescue crews carried Lyons up the embankment to a waiting ambulance, which took her to hospital, where she remained earlier today.
Moskaluk said she was suffering only from minor dehydration and some cuts and bruises and was in hospital strictly for observation.
jvanrassel@theherald.canwest.com
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald