Tropical Storm Helene washed out multiple sections of Interstate 40, but that didn’t stop one motorist from bypassing a road block to try it anyway, according investigators in North Carolina. The gamble ended badly, with the driver discovering too late that the asphalt — and mountainside that held it up — were gone.

A driver was rescued Saturday night after their vehicle ran off the road of Interstate 40 in Haywood County. According to the Junaluska Community Volunteer Fire Department, shortly after 8 p.m., officials received a notification that a vehicle had traveled off Interstate 40 Eastbound near mile marker 3.