Two persons were helped to be rescued following a serious car crash in California thanks to the Emergency SOS via satellite and Crash Detection features on the iPhone 14 series.
The car apparently drove off the side of a mountain and plunged about 300 feet into a lonely canyon during the collision on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest.
According to Mac Rumors, the people were able to send out a distress signal using the Emergency SOS feature, informing authorities of their location and allowing a rescue squad to find them. As it can automatically contact emergency services if it detects a collision, the Crash Detection feature probably helped authorities become aware of the situation.
The victims of the vehicle accident reportedly had a way to send an Emergency SOS text message to one of Apple’s relay centers, which subsequently got in touch with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to ask for help. The two crash victims were found by the American-based Montrose Search and Rescue Team, who then used a helicopter to pull them out of the isolated canyon where the tragedy took place.
After that, the survivors were sent to a neighboring hospital where they received minor to moderate injury care.
Currently, only a small number of nations, including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, offer emergency SOS through satellite.
