Eating grass saves woman

Phoenix – A 53-year-old woman survived six days in the Arizona desert on grass and water after crashing her car, before being rescued by a rancher and highway workers who were chasing a cow, police and local media said on Wednesday.

The woman, whose name was not disclosed, lost control of her car on October 12 on a rain-slicked road near Wickenburg, Arizona, about 105km north of Phoenix, according to the Arizona department of public safety.

The car plunged about 15-metres down a ravine, “landing in a mesquite tree, where it remained suspended above the ground,” the department reported. Seriously injured from the crash, the woman remained in the car for several days before climbing out.

She made it 457-metres before collapsing in a dry river bed.

On October 18, rancher Dave Moralez, 30, and a road maintenance crew were working to corral a cow on US Highway 60 when they noticed a break in the fence near the road. – Reuters