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Car plunges 30 metres over cliff in Sydney









Witnesses hear cries for help after car goes over the edge and ends up on its roof at Clovelly, in Sydney’s east














The driver had managed to get out of the car by the time police arrived. Photograph: NSW Ambulance





Sunday 28 December 2014 17.44 EST







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A man is being treated in hospital after his car plunged about 30m off a cliff in Sydney.
Police found the vehicle upside down on rocks near Burrows Park at Ocean Street in Clovelly on Monday morning.
The driver was taken to hospital but his condition was not known.
Witnesses said they heard cries for help and found the car at the bottom of the cliff about 7.30am.


— Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd)
December 28, 2014
JUST IN: Car has gone over a cliff in Clovelly. NSW Police Rescue squad currently at the scene. More to come. #9News pic.twitter.com/CsdNcZ5c6O



It had fallen 30m, flipped over and come to rest on a rock platform.
The driver had managed to get out of the car by the time police arrived and was assessed by paramedics.


— Steve Danielsen (@Steve_Danielsen)
December 28, 2014
@NSWAmbulance rescue today at Clovelly - nice work everyone #Clovelly pic.twitter.com/tzJCUrGmWR



After he was stabilised he was winched off the rocks by a New South Wales ambulance helicopter, police said.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.


— NSW Ambulance (@NSWAmbulance)
December 28, 2014
@NSWAmbulance @nswpolice @FRNSW working together to rescue and treat a patient at Clovelly this morning pic.twitter.com/XzWmXqqx9F








A helicopter performs a winch rescue.





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