August 6
El Paso, Texas - A pickup truck hit a boulder and tumbled over a 150-foot cliff, but the 71-year-old driver survived.

"It was a miracle that someone saw her vehicle," Sheriff's spokesman said. "It is one of these days when God was on her side."

Helene Crosser told authorities that she was driving on Loop 375 to watch the sunrise early Sunday when her shoe fell off and got jammed beneath the brake pedal.

Crosser said she tried to pull off the road, but couldn't slow down because the shoe stopped the brake from fully working.

She was trapped in the Texas heat for seven hours until a driver spotted glint of light reflecting from afar and called 911. Authorities said Crosser didn't have a cell phone with her.

Crosser was taken to a hospital with dehydration and non-life-threatening injuries.
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Glad she made it. Is nice to see a happy ending.

It really is a miracle she,s alive! Taking a 150 foot tumble in your car at the age of 75 and then trapped and baking in the heat that long it,s nothing less than amazing! I had a siezure once while driving and rolled my convertable down into a gully,it was no 150 ft fall and i still got banged up pretty bad! No one found me for about 5 or 6 hours and i was upside down and trapped too,but instead of baking in the heat my accident happened in the cold of january, a passing truck driver spotted the brand new tires on my car and doubled back thinking who would abandon a car with oviously new and expensive tires! Thats when he found me and called for an ambulance. This woman is so lucky that she was found in time and is still alive!

goodness gracious! You were lucky too swtp!

Most definitely .... good to hear that she's doing well

thats a classic, the whole shoe coming off and stopping the breaks from working, glad she survivied

Very glad she is okay, but how in the heck does your shoe just come off when you are driving?