Had she been in a similar vehicle as the driver or a decently made pickup/SUV, etc, she would have had some damage to her vehicle, but she would be here today.

Had she been in an APC, she would have walked away, too. Does thet mean that everyone should be driving armored personnel carriers?

I think not.

Also, we have walked up the side of this mountain enough times in the winter... [snip]... I'm glad you never were in that situation.

I've had to walk & I've had to dig myself out of snowbanks. That's part of living in this part of the world- occasionally comes with the territory. My advice to folks that never want to be in that situation: move south.

Also, many SUV's and "sport pickups" (whoever came up that inanity?) are inherently unsafe due their overly high center of gravity plus the pickups, without weight in the bead have no rear wheet traction. We have a rollover accident at least weekly- summer included- on the interstate nearby and its ALWAYS an SUV type vehicle. These vehicles only give the illusion of safety to those that don't know any better.