A 69-year-old man was rescued early Saturday morning from beneath Cold Spring Bridge after his car rolled into a ditch off Highway 154 and he descended nearly 200 feet through steep terrain, sustaining moderate injuries.
At 5:57 a.m. on December 20, Santa Barbara County Fire and American Medical Response (AMR) crews responded to a report of a man found at the abutment footing under the bridge, according to Fire spokesperson Captain Scott Safechuck.
“Firefighters have reached a 69-year-old male found at the abutment footing under Cold Springs Bridge after his vehicle went into a ditch adjacent to Hwy. 154,” Safechuck wrote in an update posted to X. “The man then scurried approximately 200 feet through brush and steep terrain, falling and sustaining injuries.”…