Somewhere between “I’ll just take the 118” and “how did I end up down here,” a woman in Simi Valley had a Saturday afternoon she will absolutely not be recommending to friends.
Around 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, a vehicle veered off the westbound 118 freeway near Rocky Peak Road, just shy of the Los Angeles and Ventura County line, and proceeded to make its way approximately 40 feet down an embankment. The car reportedly kicked up a healthy cloud of dust on the way down, because if you are going to do something, you might as well do it dramatically.
Here is where the story takes a turn that even screenwriters would reject for being too convenient: Ventura County Search and Rescue personnel were already on the freeway at that exact moment, heading home from a training exercise. They watched the vehicle leave the road in real time, pulled over, and got to work. The universe, apparently, had the day planned out…