PHOENIX, Arizona (KTRK) -- A woman is alive after a crash sent her off the highway and left her stranded.
Investigators say the 53-year-old woman lost control of her car, went off a highway, crashed through a fence, dropped 50 feet and landed in a tree.
The woman told troopers she stayed in that car for several days before climbing down and searching for help.
Eventually, a rancher and two other men found the woman after following her footprints for nearly 500 yards.
The group found the woman severely dehydrated and with serious injuries in a dry riverbed.
"She was in the fetal position, and there was no movement," said highway operations technician Zach Moralez said.
The woman has since been hospitalized.
