Driver ignores blockades, plummets into North Carolina gorge
Crews had to set up an elaborate rope system to rescue the people in the car who were trapped "very close to the Pigeon River ...
Driver tries using washed-out I-40 in NC and drops into mountain gorge, rescuers say
The gamble ended badly, with the driver discovering too late that the asphalt — and mountainside that held it up — were gone. It happened around 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, near the Tennessee state line, ...