Driver killed when Jeep plummeted off San Mateo County cliff IDd
A 47-year-old man found dead inside a jeep Thursday morning after a passerby spotted it at the bottom of a cliff in San Mateo County was a water distribution operator in the area, relatives said.
Adan and his wife live separately, and he was on his way home to his developmentally disabled 16-year-old daughter from a previous marriage when the accident occurred, Lazarus said.
A resident of Woodside noticed skid marks on Skyline Boulevard across from Old La Honda Road about 11 a.m. Thursday, then spotted a red Jeep Cherokee at the bottom of an embankment, said Officer Art Montiel, a California Highway Patrol spokesman.
Investigators said it appeared Adan was heading north on Skyline, also known as State Route 35, when he crossed the double lines into the south lanes, then veered off the west side of the roadway, plummeting about 150 feet.
Adan was not wearing a seat belt and suffered from blunt force trauma, Montiel said.
Jenna Lyons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.