Those cliff drives along California’s Central Coast are certainly gorgeous to look at. But driving those thin roads along those steep overhangs is another thing altogether. The roads don’t just look scary; they’re literally life-threatening. Take the story of a young woman named Angela Hernandez, for one.
Source: San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
One day in the summer of 2018, the 23-year-old was driving her white 2011 Jeep down Highway 1 in the Big Sur area. While she does remember swerving out of the way to avoid hitting a small animal, she doesn’t remember much of what happened next. She doesn’t remember plummeting off the cliff nor the crash landing.