Motorist Rescued After Vehicle Tumbles Off Mulholland Drive

Irene DeBlasio April 4, 2012 at 01:55 am

I lived at a house on Hidden Valley Place - about 100 feet under Mulholland Drive near Bowmont. Cars would tumble off the road on a regular basis. I would run out my kitchen door, climb the hillside, help the wounded driver down and into my kitchen, clean up their wounds and drive them home. Later in the day a tow truck would arrive to pick up the damaged vehicle. This happened about 30 times. I asked the road 'experts', the city, you-name-it, to put up guard rails. They declined saying that drivers would get a false sense of security and drive faster. They finally put up tiny reflectors -- I'm talking tiny. And so, in the middle of a dinner party my daughter announced, 'Another car just tumbled down the hill'. My guests got a first-hand look. They helped the young man into my kitchen, we cleaned him up and drove him back to Van Nuys. The dinner ended later than usual but they still talk about it to this day. Guard rails? Nah...