California rescuers say ‘Find my iPhone’ feature helped save woman after 200-ft. plummet

Apple’s “Discover My iPhone” characteristic aided within the rescue of a girl who had crashed her car following a visitors collision in Southern California. 

The San Bernardino County Hearth Division wrote on Fb Monday that firefighters had been dispatched that day to a reported visitors collision on Freeway 18, north of fortieth Road. 

An individual who made a 911 name reported finding a car over the aspect and effectively off the roadway. 

That decision was “balanced to an ‘Over the Aspect Rescue’ task,” as a way to herald extra personnel and tools.

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Three engines, a heavy rescue truck firm and one Battalion Chief responded at 6:12 a.m. PT.

The division mentioned crews discovered a car round 200 ft beneath the roadway. 

Firefighter-paramedics positioned an grownup lady with severe accidents, and crews initiated superior life assist interventions whereas arriving rescuers arrange a rope system to securely increase the sufferer and rescuers. 

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The firefighters utilized specialised City Search & Rescue tools. That tools included a capstan elevating system to securely haul the members up. 

After being raised to security, the affected person was loaded into an awaiting ambulance for transport to a neighborhood trauma heart.

“The affected person had seemingly been in her crashed car in a single day after leaving a household gathering. Members of the family turned involved after not talking together with her this morning and utilized Apple’s “Discover my iPhone” characteristic to trace her whereabouts. Upon investigating the cellphone’s location they discovered the car over the aspect [and] referred to as 911,” the division mentioned.