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A forklift operated by Navy Petty Officer Michael McCracken, a Seabee from Naval Base Ventura County, helps keep a car holding a woman and her two daughters from plunging off a bridge near Buellton on Highway 101 on Thursday afternoon as firefighters work to cut them free.

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A forklift operated by Navy Petty Officer Michael McCracken, a Seabee from Naval Base Ventura County, helps keep a car holding a woman and her two daughters from plunging off a bridge near Buellton on Highway 101 on Thursday afternoon as firefighters work to cut them free.

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  • A forklift operated by Navy Petty Officer Michael McCracken, a Seabee from Naval Base Ventura County, helps keep a car holding a woman and her two daughters from plunging off a bridge near Buellton on Highway 101 on Thursday afternoon as firefighters work to cut them free.
  • A big rig that burned after going off a bridge on Highway 101 is covered with fire-extinguishing foam near Buellton on Thursday. With the help of Port Hueneme Seabee, a mother and her two daughters were rescued from a BMW teetering on a California freeway bridge after a gravel truck rear-ended the car then plunged into a creek, killing the trucker.
  • Firefighters rescue a person from a car dangling over a bridge after a fiery crash on Highway 101 near Buellton on Thursday. The forklift holding up the car was operated by Seabees on their way home to Port Hueneme.
  • A Navy forklift car steadies a vehicle teetering off a bridge on northbound Highway 101 as Santa Barbara County firefighters attach ropes and chains to pull the vehicle back onto the roadway near Buellton.
  • Firefighters look over the remains of a car near Buellton on Thursday. With Port Hueneme Seabees' help, a mother and her two daughters were rescued from a BMW teetering on a bridge after a gravel truck rear-ended the car, then plunged into a creek, killing the trucker.

Six Seabees and a forklift helped rescue a woman and her two daughters trapped in a smashed BMW that was on the verge of plummeting about 75 feet off a bridge after a fatal accident south of Buellton on Thursday.

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