A mother and her two daughters have been rescued from their BMW, which was teetering perilously on a California freeway bridge after a gravel truck rear-ended their car and plunged into a creek.
The truck of Charles Allison Jr., 48, hit the back of the BMW Thursday afternoon as she was travelling north on Highway 101 in southern California, causing the BMW to strike the bridge railing.
There, Kelli Lynne Groves, a 36-year-old mother of two, and her two young children- Sage, 10, and Milo, ten-weeks old- dangled over the bridge awaiting rescue.
The impact from the accident caused Ms Groves’ car to land on the centre of the concrete guard rail, KVEC Radio reports.
The big-rig truck, meanwhile, ploughed through the guardrail, falling into Nojoqui Creek and immediately bursting into flames.
Allison died at the scene while the three Groves' were taken to hospital. Ms Groves and Sage suffered moderate injuries and Milo had only minor injuries. All were said to be in stable condition.
The terrified family waited for an hour for rescue crews to extricate them from the wreckage, and received help in the meantime from a group of Navy Seabees who were stuck in southbound traffic.
The Seabees used a forklift they were transporting to stop the BMW from going over the bridge, KTLA reports.
Photos capture ten-year-old Sage Groves looking terrified as rescue workers fight to bring her to safety, and her mother, wearing a red top, crying as firefighters help pull her from the wreck.
The accident, which is currently under investigation, occurred along U.S. Route 101 in rural Buellton, about 25 miles north of Santa Barbara.
Because of the accident, the highway was closed in both directions.
The San Juan Capistrano family was taken to nearby Cottage Hospital with moderate injuries, 920kvec.com reports.
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