Plot to Steal Xmas Tree Goes Terribly Wrong
Car Trapped in Trees After Plunging Off Beltway Ramp (all right, she wasn't really trying to steal a xmas tree):
BETHESDA, Md. - A woman was trapped in her car after it plunged off a Capital Beltway entrance ramp and was caught in trees, police said.
The unidentified woman, described by Montgomery County fire department spokesman Pete Piringer as about 70 years old, was driving a Lincoln Towncar when it hit the guardrail and jumped off the ramp from the Cabin John Parkway to Interstate 495 south.
The car came to rest perpendicular to the ground with its rear suspended in the trees and its nose barely touching the ground, the police spokesman said.
The exit ramp was closed while rescue workers freed the woman, who was trapped for about 20 minutes but did not suffer any serious injuries, Piringer said.