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Man rescued after car plunges off cliff in Plymouth

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A man is lucky to be alive after his car drove off a cliff on the South Shore.

"He started taking a turn and then rolled right over the edge,” said Karl Abele.

That missed turn sent the car and driver down an embankment along Strand Avenue. It would have been a more than a 90 foot drop onto the beach below, but thankfully, the car didn't slide all the way down, but was dangling precariously.

"He was completely upside down when we saw him and he didn't move for at least five minutes,” said Abele.

Abele and another neighbor, an off-duty firefighter, saw it happen and rushed to help.

"We went down, it started to smoke and we tried to get him to turn off the car, but I broke out the rear windshield and he eventually snuck out the back and seemed dazed and confused, but OK,” said Abele.

The driver was rushed to the hospital. The car slowly, but surely was pulled from the embankment.

"I've never seen that happen, I've been here for 40 years,” said Abele.

Police are investigating. There is no word on the driver's condition.