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Car Crashes 530 Feet Down Point Loma Nat'l Monument Cliff

POSTED: 9:36 am PDT October 12, 2009
UPDATED: 1:39 pm PDT October 13, 2009

Crews from San Diego Fire-Rescue and federal firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle that went off a 530-foot high cliff at the Point Loma National Monument near the lighthouse, authorities said. Initial reports had erroneously claimed the cliff was 1,500 feet high.

According to a state park ranger, two men -- the 91-year-old driver from Clairemont and his 77-year-old passenger, identified as Mira Mesa resident John Little -- pulled into the park Monday morning at 9 a.m. and their car lurched forward when the driver was paying to enter. When asked why the car moved when it did, the driver told the ranger that he had problems with his foot.

According to the ranger, the car lurched again as the pair parked near the edge of the cliff and went over.

According to authorities, one of the occupants was still in the vehicle when it came to a stop and the other had fallen out part-way down the cliff slope.

The person who was found inside the vehicle was removed and airlifted to a hospital. The other man was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
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