Woman survives fall and 3 days in ditch

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Friday, February 13, 2015
VIDEO: Woman survives fall and 3 days in ditch
A woman drove off a California cliff and spent three days in a ditch.

A woman drove off a California cliff and spent three days in a ditch.



Instead of waiting for a rescue, she took charge of her own survival.



Debbie Lopez says, she was driving down highway 1, just south of Ragged Point when she reached over to put out a cigarette.



Her pick-up truck careened hundreds of feet down the cliff, where she spent the next three days.



She was injured and by herself.



The first two nights she spent in her truck then she realized the only way out - was up.



Debbie Lopez said, "If I go straight up that mountain I can get out. I would just keep going step by step and I would stop to pray."



When Lopez reached the top, a family driving by called for help.



She suffered damaged ribs and a few cuts and bruises.



Lopez says, she's just grateful to be alive.

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