Posted on 02/28/2024 6:04:27 AM PST by V_TWIN
A Canadian tourist visiting Hawaii walked away nearly unscathed after he drove off a 60-foot cliff on the Big Island and fell into the ocean early Sunday morning.
The unidentified man, 27, was driving along restricted backroads near the South Point cliff dive with a rented Jeep when the vehicle plunged off the cliff at around 3:30 a.m., according to local reports.
The rental got stuck upside down on the rocks below, and when the tourist crawled out he fell directly into the water below him and was quickly swept away, Island News reported.
Luckily for him, local spear-fishermen often camp out on the beach overnight to begin fishing at the crack of dawn and a few who were there that morning witnessed the Jeep’s — and then the man’s — fall.
They quickly called 911, and first responders were able to bring the man to safety by coaching him from the shore.
One of the fishermen who witnessed the rescue said he and his dive partner were woken up by another fisherman whom the Jeep driver nearly hit when he drove off the cliff.
“He said that the car had gone off the cliff just to the right of him,” Mike Moody told the local outlet.
The fisherman immediately called 911.
“If he didn’t see it, the guy would have died 100%,” Moody told KHON2.
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Saved by air bags and restraints
“Saved by air bags and restraints”
That ain’t all that saved him IMO. 😏........☝️
So true.
Toonces!!!
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