A driver swam to the shore after her car plunged from a cliff into the sea at a popular tourist spot.
The car fell from the cliff at around 6am this morning, with images from the scene in Mumbles, Swansea, showing it almost entirely submerged near the rocks
Volunteer crew of the Mumbles lifeboat rushed to the scene at Limeslade Bay after a call was made to the UK Coastguard at Milford Haven saying a car had entered the water.
When they got there the driver had managed to escape the vehicle and swim to shore. She was then taken to hospital by ambulance, reports Wales Online.
Mumbles Lifeboat second coxswain Richie Webborn said: "There wasn’t much to identify the location other than a small amount of debris which lead a trail to the bottom of the cliff just below Fortes Ice cream parlour".
Writing a post on Facebook , Rhossili coastguard said: "At 6am this morning Rhossili Coastguards were tasked to Limeslade in Mumbles where a car had gone over the cliff with a person in it.
"As we set off from station we were informed that Mumbles coastguards and Mumbles RNLI were both on scene, we were then notified the lady that was driving the car had managed to get out of the car and was in the water.
"She managed to get to the cliffs and made her way up the bank to waiting police, coastguards and ambulance. We arrived on scene.
"The casualty was being examined by ambulance crew, she was asked if anyone else was in the car.
"As there wasn’t anyone else and the lady was OK and on the way to hospital
We were stood down."
