Colorado ? 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 says Anthoney L. Buckner seemed to be in “amazingly good condition” after rescuers used ropes and a litter to pull him up from the crash site Thursday. Trooper Jonathan Silver says Buckner’s 1990 Toyota hatchback was “pretty mangled.”

Silver says Buckner may have been saved by wearing a seat belt.