5 People Killed After Car Plunges Off Cliff in California

A dirt turnout area sitting along the Pacific Coast Highway near Mendincino, where a woman drove off the cliff edge, resulting in five deaths. Google Maps

Five people from Oregon were killed after their car inexplicably plunged off a cliff in California, leaving officials puzzled.

A woman driving the SUV drove into a dirt turnout area but then continued for unknown reasons off the cliff sitting along the Pacific Coast Highway near Mendincino, according to the California Highway Patrol.