One person sufferes major injuries in Mountain Center after vehicle tumbles 40 feet

MOUNTAIN CENTER - A vehicle tumbled 40 feet from a roadway in Mountain Center today and left one person with major injuries, a spokeswoman said.

Dispatchers received a call at 7:44 a.m. and sent firefighters to the corner of Highway 74 and Keen Camp Road, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said. The single-vehicle crash occurred not far from the Living Free Animal Sanctuary.

Firefighters found three injured people in the vehicle, one of whom was flown out to a hospital with major injuries. The two others were sent to a hospital by ambulance with minor to moderate injuries, Hendrickson said.

There was no immediate word on how the crash happened.