By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer
SAN DIEGO 鈥� An SUV plunged off a La Jolla cliff, coming to rest on rocks dangling over the ocean below, California authorities reported.
The San Diego Police Department reported at 7:06 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, on Twitter that a closed Coast Boulevard.
A video with the post showed a white Cadillac Escalade hanging off the edge of rocks above the surf while firefighters worked to rescue someone inside.
Although police referred to a collision, firefighters told KFMB the SUV in a torrential rainstorm. Emergency crews responded to the crash at 5:30 p.m.
The SUV below with the front wheels hanging over the ocean, KSWB reported.
鈥淪heer luck the car landed where it was,鈥� Battalion Chief Dave Seneviratne told the station.
Firefighters secured the vehicle with ropes and worked to extricate a man inside, KFMB reported.
The man was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.
鈥淰ery crazy scene,鈥� onlooker Tyler Mitchell told KSWB.
La Jolla is a neighborhood in San Diego.
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