COUNTY NEWS: Man fighting for life after car cliff plunge

Photos taken at the scene yesterday show the impact of the accident which happened shortly before 3pm when eyewitnesses saw the car drive over the clifftop at Cow Gap.

Emergency services raced to the scene and a full scale operation was launched to rescue the driver from the vehicle on the rocks.

Firefighters, coastguard, police, the air ambulance and coastguard helicopter were involved with the rescue along with the town’s lifeboat.

The man was airlifted by the coastguard helicopter to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

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