For some drivers in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the relentless rain was more than an inconvenience, it proved dangerous.
A 1994 Jeep Cherokee plunged 15 to 20 feet down an embankment in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Saturday afternoon. Driver Pedro Silva and his brother Ignacio Silva, the passenger, were unharmed.
“The Jeep just started slipping and spinning. I tried to brake, but the brakes didn’t work,” said Pedro Silva.
Pedro Silva said there was a lot of water on the road. It happened around 4 o’clock on Redwood Gulch Road at a steep downhill hairpin turn.
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“The Jeep just went like this and reversed. When the car stopped, I said, ‘Oh my goodness, what happened,'” recalled Silva.
The SUV landed upside down on a creek.
“I was worried about my brother. I said, ‘Are you OK?’ He said, ‘I’m OK,'” said Pedro Silva.
“I tried to open the door from the Jeep and tried to help my brother to climb out,” recalled Ignacio Silva.