EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso County Sheriff's deputies returned to the summit of Transmountain Road four hours after finding an abandoned crashed vehicle on the side of the road. They found the missing driver 200 feet in a ravine.

Deputies patrolling Transmountain Road initially found the car at 2 a.m. but could not find the driver, and had the vehicle towed.

Officials have not said what led to the crash, or why the driver was in the ravine. The man was able to get himself out and an extensive search and rescue effort was called off at 6 a.m.

The man was taken to William Beaumont Army Medical Center with minor injuries.