SILVERTON — Authorities say a 33-year-old Denver man suspected of drinking and driving survived after he lost control of his car and it dropped almost 500 feet off the side of a road.

The Colorado State Patrol said Anthoney L. Buckner seemed to be in “amazingly good condition” after rescuers pulled him up from the crash site Thursday. Trooper Jonathan Silver said Buckner’s 1990 Toyota hatchback was “pretty mangled,” and that Buckner may have been saved by wearing a seat belt.

Silver said Buckner was driving on slick roads up Red Mountain Pass near Silverton when the accident happened.

The Associated Press