A family pulled from a sport utility vehicle that had been buried in a snowdrift for nearly two days said they feared they would not make it out alive.

A MAN survived a 200ft (61m) plunge after apparently driving his car off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, authorities in Arizona said.

Two medical helicopters collided yesterday afternoon about a half-mile from a northern Arizona hospital, killing at least six people and critically injuring a nurse, a federal official said.