SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities have identified a man who died after his car plunged off a winding, cliffside road south of San Francisco and landed on a beach more than 200 feet below.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the San Mateo County coroner’s office identified the driver on Thursday as 73-year-old San Francisco resident Anthony Colonnese Jr.
He was the lone person in the vehicle when it went drove off of Highway 1 on Wednesday.
He was declared dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The area of steep cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean is known as Devil’s Slide.
