The search continues for a missing person after a car went off a cliff in SoCal

Authorities launched a search for a missing person on Monday afternoon after learning that a car had rolled off a cliff near Point Mugu two days ago.

It’s unclear why one of the car’s occupants waited days to report the incident, which happened along Deer Creek Road northwest of the Malibu border on Saturday, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

The person who eventually reported the accident was able to get out of the overturned car and leave the scene in another vehicle – but did not call 911 that night, the Fire Department said.

Firefighters told OnScene.TV that the white Cadillac SUV rolled several times before coming to rest on its roof 1,000 feet below the road.

On Monday afternoon, the deceased reported that the two people who were in the car when the incident happened went missing, and a search was launched. Not long after the search began, one of the passengers was at home, said the Fire Department.

Authorities continued to search for the third occupant late into the night using a helicopter, drones, K-9 teams and search and rescue personnel, according to officials.