One person died and a second person was injured when a car broke through two barriers and plunged more than 30 feet over a cliff in Ocean Beach on Saturday, San Diego police said.
It was just after midnight when the driver of a black Chevy Tahoe lost control before busting through a chain link fence and a guard rail and crashing on the rocks blow, police said.
The San Diego Urban Search and Rescue Team used a ladder to get down to the crash scene.
Once there, they helped extricate the driver, described as a 28-year-old man. He had been killed upon impact, officials said.
A second victim, a 24-year-old woman, survived the crash. Medics airlifted the passenger to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries, police said.
Stan Bolle told NBC 7 crashes happen in the area from time to time but that this was one of the worst crashes he has seen in his time living in the neighborhood.
“It’s a shame that somebody had to die in this situation,” Bolle said.
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San Diego Police are investigating what caused the driver to lose control.
Neither victim was identified by officials.
