Two adults and two children are in critical condition after a Tesla they were in fell 250 feet down the side of a cliff in California known as the Devil's Slide.
On Monday (January 2) an official from the Cal Fire San Mateo - Santa Cruz unit posted a video to Twitter letting the public know about the accident and that there would be delays in the area.
"At this point, we've got four critical patients," he said in the footage from the scene, adding that a Tesla fell "over the side about 250 feet down," and that two of the people in the vehicle were minors.
The unit later added footage and images of helicopters hovering over the water and revealed that one of the patients had been rescued.
They tweeted: "Multiple helicopters have been dispatched. One patient has been brought to the top of the cliff by firefighters."
According to ABC News the two adults suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while the two children were unharmed. The outlet also revealed that all four family members were trapped in the car for several hours.
People then detailed that the two children in the vehicle were aged just four and nine, but that the identities of all four patients have not been revealed.
Brian Pottenger, a battalion chief for the Coastside Fire Protection District who served as the incident commander had told The San Francisco Chronicle that he hadn't expected all four members to be alive, saying: "We go down there quite a bit for vehicles off the cliff, and normally they're not alive."
Pottenger then added that rescue crews had peered through binoculars at the scene and saw an arm moving in the front window. "That's how we knew that we had at least one person alive in the vehicle," he revealed.
Teams were able to extricate the family from the crash using stretchers, ropes, and pulleys. Helicopters then transported the family to hospitals to begin treatment for their injuries.
California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Andrews then told The San Francisco Chronicle that efforts were still underway to retrieve the crumpled Tesla.
Our thoughts are with the family undergoing treatment for their injuries.