A woman was saved on Friday after she plunged 300 feet off the side of the Angeles Crest Highway, according to authorities.

It happened sometime in the afternoon near Mile Marker 28 above Pasadena, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies told CBS News Los Angeles.

Deputies say that they were only alerted of the crash because of an electricity crew working at the same spot in the canyon. Crew members saw her fall and called 911.

"They took one of their workers and went down and were trying to help this person," said LASD Sergeant John Gilbert.

When they realized they were unable to provide the help she needed, they made the call.

It was a 20-person rescue operation, complicated by power lines directly over the spot where the woman's car finally came to a stop.

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