A 17-year-old plunged his car off the summit of Pikes Peak this afternoon, in authorities said appeared to be a suicide attempt.

The teen's 1985 Nissan Maxima plunged more than 1,000 feet down the ravine strewn with boulders and skree. He pulled himself from the wreckage, but it took hours for local rescuers and military helicopters to make the daring rescue.

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He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs in stable condition, Sperry said. He would not identify the teen-ager except to say he was from Colorado.

Witnesses in the parking lot saw the teen's car plunge off the north side of the parking lot at about 1:15 p.m.

Police say the incident was a suicide attempt stemming from a relationship between the boy and his girlfriend that had recently ended.