Rescue drama after vehicle plunges off cliff
A MAN was rescued in an emergency operation last night after his car plunged from a cliff in East Sussex.
The victim was airlifted to hospital in a coastguard rescue helicopter with life-threatening injuries following the incident at Telscombe Cliffs.
Emergency teams were sent to the scene at 4.13pm following reports the vehicle had been "driven off" the edge, police said, and fallen 1,640ft (500m).
Colin Griffiths, of Solent Coastguard, said the man, who was the only person involved in the incident, had been freed from the vehicle in an operation involving coastguards and firefighters.