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1 Person Killed, Another Injured After Vehicle Tumbles 100 Feet Over Canyon Near Malibu

MALIBU (CBSLA) — One person was killed and another person was injured Tuesday after a vehicle tumbled about 100 feet off the side of a canyon road near Malibu.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call at 3:51 p.m. that a car went over the side of the road near Stunt and Schueren roads and tumbled down about 100 feet.

Rescue crews arrived to find one person dead and a second person trapped in the wreckage.

The survivor was extracted from the vehicle and was in "severe distress" when airlifted to a hospital, the fire department reported.

Stunt Road was closed between Mulholland Highway and Schueren Road during the rescue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

(© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. City News Service contributed to this report.)

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