[UPDATE: CHP Attempts to Locate Driver] Car Crashes Over Embankment on Alderpoint Road and Bursts into Flames

Residents of Garberville were alerted to a vehicle accident on Alderpoint Road near Quarry Road, just east of town by the sounds of sirens and then a column of black smoke rose above the hills. According to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page, a vehicle crashed off the road, plunging down an embankment, and then bursting into flames at approximately 6:57 p.m.

A passerby attempted to quell the flames with a fire extinguisher, but the fire rapidly consumed the vehicle, eventually spreading to the nearby vegetation.

Law enforcement and emergency services responded to the scene where the lone occupant of the vehicle, a male, managed to escape the wreckage before it was engulfed in flames.

As of 7:12 p.m., Cal Fire and local fire departments have controlled the blaze.

See footage from the scene live from our reporter, Lisa Music, here.

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Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.