Man expected to survive after SUV tumbles down cliff in San Pedro, police say
(FOX 11 Los Angeles)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. - A 33-year-old man suffered non-life threatening injuries when his SUV plunged down a 30-foot San Pedro cliff onto a rocky beach early Monday morning, authorities said.
It was reported at 3:09 a.m. at 4102 South Pacific Ave., Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.
The SUV "struck a curb, breached a guard rail and penetrated a fence, before tumbling down a 30-foot cliff, on to a rocky beach below,'' Humphrey said. The driver who was in the SUV alone got himself out of the vehicle but could not climb back up the cliff.
"As LAFD arrived by land and sea, the man was found swimming in the Pacific Ocean," he said. "An LAFD rescue diver assisted him aboard a fireboat, providing medical care for the man's non-life threatening injuries."
The fireboat took the injured man to a dock in the Fort MacArthur area where awaiting paramedics took him to a nearby trauma center in fair condition, Humphrey said.
FOX LA's Stephanie Stanton contributed to this report