Woman Hurt in Crash Climbs Hill to Get Help

An injured Palmdale woman, carrying her 4-month-old son, crawled up a 300-foot-high embankment and flagged down help after her car had tumbled from the Antelope Valley Freeway near Agua Dulce, the California Highway Patrol reported Friday.

After a motorist stopped to help Maria Guadalupe Acevedo, 23, and called firefighters, rescue workers climbed down the embankment to rescue Acevedo’s boyfriend, who was trapped in the car at the bottom of a canyon.

Acevedo suffered deep cuts in her legs and other bruises and cuts in the accident Thursday. Her boyfriend, Felipe Cueva, 26, also suffered moderate injuries. Their infant son, Felipe A. Cueva, had minor injuries. All three were being treated at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia on Friday, the CHP said.

Highway Patrol Officer A.J. Torres said the accident occurred at 10:30 p.m. when Acevedo, who was driving north at 55 to 60 m.p.h. on the freeway, attempted to get out of the way of a car rapidly approaching from behind. When the driver behind her flashed high beams, Acevedo moved from the center lane to the fast lane but realized that the car behind hers had done the same thing. When she switched back to the center lane she realized she had just cut off another fast-moving car, police said.

Torres said Acevedo swerved into the slow lane to avoid the second car but then lost control of her vehicle.