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Three people were rescued after a car went over a cliff on Oct. 8 near Tortilla Flat. ( Superstition Fire and Medical District )

The Brief

TORTILLA FLAT, Ariz. - Two people are in critical condition after firefighters say a car went over a cliff on Wednesday night near Tortilla Flat.

What we know:

The crash happened on Oct. 8 along Apache Trail near milepost 219.

According to the Superstition Fire and Medical District , firefighters responded to the area just before 8 p.m. for reports of a vehicle over a cliff. When they got to the scene, rescue crews found one person 40 feet below a steep-angle slope and two other people inside a vehicle over 350 feet below the cliff.

"Engine 262 and Squad 219 deployed a rope system to lower TRT members with a Stokes basket

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