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5 Hurt As Car Plunges Off Cliff Near Devil's Slide

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Dec 28, 2008 12:00 pm US/Pacific

5 Hurt As Car Plunges Off Cliff Near Devil's Slide

PACIFICA (CBS 5 / BCN) ― A crash that injured five people and sent a vehicle off a cliff in San Mateo County Sunday morning shut down state Highway 1 for about five hours, the California Highway Patrol said. 

The collision involving two vehicles was reported at about 2:25 a.m. just south of Pacifica near Devil's Slide, CHP Officer Aaron Quistad said.

One victim sustained major injuries and four more received minor injuries in the accident, which forced one vehicle off the narrow Pacific Coast Highway, falling more than 150 feet down a sea cliff, Quistad said.

Emergency crews transported the victims to San Francisco General Hospital and officers arrested one person on drunk driving charges after determining that alcohol played a part in the crash. 

Authorities said that the area re-opened around 9 a.m. 

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