SANTA CLARA — A car rolled off Pioneer Parkway Sunday afternoon and landed about 45 feet down in a ravine filled with lava rocks.
The single-car accident happened about 2 p.m. on Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara Fire Chief Dan Nelson said. A black Nissan Maxima was traveling westbound when it drove off the road for reasons that have not been determined.
Nelson said the driver was very lucky, escaping with what appeared to be only minor injuries to his hands and head. He was carried out on a stretcher and taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George to be examined further.
Units from the Santa Clara Fire Department and the Santa Clara-Ivins City Police Department responded to the scene.
This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement or other emergency responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.
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A car went off Pioneer Parkway Sunday into a pit of lava rocks. Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2016 | Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News
A car went off Pioneer Parkway Sunday into a pit of lava rocks. Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2016 | Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News
A car went off Pioneer Parkway Sunday into a pit of lava rocks. Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2016 | Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News
A car went off Pioneer Parkway Sunday into a pit of lava rocks. Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2016 | Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News
A car went off Pioneer Parkway Sunday and rolled into a ravine, Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2016 | Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News
A car that went off the road on Pioneer Parkway is towed out of a ravine full of lava rocks. Santa Clara, Utah, June 5, 2015 | Photo courtesy of Marshall Connelly, St. George News
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well, if u gotta get drunk on a lazy hot sunday and run off the road, what better place to land than those nice pillowy soft lava rock beds
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This is the second crash at that curve on Pioneer Parkway in a month. Slow down and pay attention people!!!!