Crime & Safety
Woman Survives Plunge Off Ravine
Larkspur resident suffers minor injury as her car drives off a steep hill.
A Larkspur woman was admitted to Marin General Hospital on Tuesday night around 8 p.m. with minor injuries after her car drove through a fence and down a steep ravine at Skylark Apartments.
The driver, whose identity is being withheld, was in a parking space at the apartment complex when her 2006 BMW lunged forward, through a fence and down 25 feet over a steep hill. The car then slid another 30 feet, narrowly missing a building as it came to rest, according to acting captain Tom Timmin of the Larkspur Fire Department.
The woman was placed on a backboard as Larkspur Fire personnel pulled her up the hill to safety. The car was hauled away by Corte Madera Tow.
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The woman was arrested for Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol and Resisting Arrest. She was booked at the Marin County Jail after being medically cleared at Marin General Hospital.
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