Officers have rescued the driver of a vehicle which tumbled off a cliff and into the ocean at Devil's Slide near Pacifica on Thursday morning.
At approximately 8 a.m., a driver traveling southbound on Highway 1 just south of Pacifica lost control of his vehicle, which careened over the cliffside and landed in the Pacific Ocean, San Mateo County Sheriff Lieutenant Eamonn Allen told KCBS Radio.
"Sounds like it may have just been slick out there, the tire started coming out from underneath him and he overcorrected and went over the side," Allen said.
The driver extricated himself from the vehicle on his own and climbed back onto the cliff, where he clung to the rocks.
Allen explained that a California Highway Patrol officer traveling in the area noticed the fresh skid marks on the road which he tracked off the side of the cliff. He discovered the submerged vehicle and the victim hanging on the rocks. The officer called additional units and Cal Fire, who were able to secure the victim and help him back to safety.
Authorities said the driver is in stable condition. Allen added that he wasn’t sure how far the vehicle plunged.
Allen called the save "a fanastic story from the CHP" and a "great rescue this morning."
Both directions of Highway 1 near the Tom Lantos tunnel were shut down due to the incident, but were reopened just before 9:40 a.m.
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