Woman’s 39th birthday ends in horror after she decided to take scenic route home down narrow mountain road
An Arizona woman died after she was thrown from her car as it rolled 1,000 feet down a cliff just days after her birthday.
Kristin “Kris” Little, 39, died last Friday after her vehicle became airborne on Thumb Butte Road near Prescott and tumbled down the steep terrain.
She was thrown from the vehicle halfway down the mountainside.
Her mother Jinger Cutting is now in the process of planning a funeral for her beloved daughter. The grieving mother told AZFamilie that Kris was watching the sunset in the area before the tragedy occurred.
‘“It hurts me to think that I’m going to bury my child first,” Jinger Cutting told the outlet. “That shouldn’t happen.”
Kristin ‘Kris’ Little, 39, died last Friday after her vehicle drove off a cliff along Thumb Butte Road near Prescott
Officials said her car fell 1,000 feet down the steep terrain and she was thrown from the vehicle halfway down the mountainside
She added: ‘I wish God would have taken me first. God needed Krissy. She’s an absolute angel.
“She was an angel on earth for 39 years and now she will be an angel in heaven.”
Little was a real estate agent in Prescott and enjoyed spending time outdoors, camping and hiking with her dog, according to her mother.
Cutting said her daughter watched the sunset from the same vantage point on Thumb Butte almost every day.
That’s exactly what she did last Friday when she ran into her high school friends.
When everyone had left, Cutting told me her daughter was going down the Thumb Butte side. It’s a tough road, but her daughter had made the trip before.
Not long ago, Cutting was traveling with Kristin and her other daughter Jessica to celebrate her birthday.
Due to the terrain and darkness, officers from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office had to wait all night to recover her body, never leaving her side.
Cutting also said her daughter’s dog, CJ, was with her and survived the crash.
Cutting, pictured here, said her daughter watched the sunset from the same vantage point on Thumb Butte almost every day
Due to the terrain and darkness, deputies with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office had to wait all night to recover her body, never leaving her side.
Little was a real estate agent in Prescott and enjoyed spending her time outdoors — camping and hiking with her dog, according to her mother
She said, “It gives me great comfort to know that CJ will be with us for the rest of her life.
“Those rescuers stayed with my daughter all night and that meant a lot to me.”
She added: ‘She loved life to the max. She did everything with all her heart.
“She was an amazing girl. She was everything. She was the light of my life. She was always full of positive energy.”
She described the overwhelming support and compassion from the local community as “overwhelmingly beautiful.”
She said, ‘Please hug your children, every day. Hug those babies, because you don’t know when you’re going to see them again.’