In Oregon (United States), a driver made a terrible exit from the road in a ravine. Unconscious after the shock, she only owes her salvation to the accident detection system of her iPhone 14.
If you’re an iPhone 14 owner, we hope you’ll never have to use this feature: automatic accident detection. Introduced on the latest generation of Apple smartphones and on the Apple Watch Series 8, this tool is able to send automated messages to the emergency services when a fall or a sudden shock is detected.
Since its launch in September 2022, several Youtubers have had fun testing the formidable efficiency of the device, whether at low or high speed. Thanks to our colleagues from the American TV channel Fox 12 Oregon, we have a new example of the incredible ability of Apple’s system to save lives.
Accident detection saves driver after serious accident
Indeed, journalists report Ashley’s Terrible Misadventure. While driving at night on a road near Vernonia, Oregon, she lost control of her vehicle and ends up in a ravine. “I was driving home one evening and for some reason hit the side of the road and went straight into a ditch. When I fell I must have passed out and hit the ground when the airbags went off“, she says.
She continues: “And the iPhone actually saved my life. I launched an SOS and it automatically started up”. Crash detection system sent to Columbia First Aid an automated alert reporting a “wrecked car, injury unknown”. In the aftermath, Vernonia Rural Fire Protection and Metro West Hillsborough Ambulance were able to locate the vehicle approximately 10 meters deep on a steep embankment near Timber Road.
Fortunately, the driver escaped with only a few bruises. More fear than harm then. Remember, however, that the Apple device is not flawless. There are countless false positives and erroneous triggers, whether on roller coasters, on ski slopes or at a music festival in Tennessee in June 2023.
Source: Fox 12 Oregon