A young driver had a ‘miraculous’ escape after his car veered off a coast road near Weston-super-Mare and onto cliffs below.
Weston coastguard crews were called out at 10.30pm yesterday to reports a car had gone over the embankment on the Toll Road which links Weston to Kewstoke and Sand Bay.
When coastguards arrived they were met by police, fire and ambulance crews.
The young male driver escaped with just minor cuts and bruises.
A spokesman for the coastguard said: “It transpired that a car had gone over the edge of the toll road cliffs with one young male inside.
“Reports came in that he had miraculously escaped with minor cuts and bruises and was in the care of the ambulance crew.”
Crews then carried out checks to ensure fluids were not leaking from the vehicle on to the beach below.
The spokesman added: “With a possible threat to the environment from the vehicle leaking fluids, four officers made their way to check the car.
“Once we were happy there was no threat and had established it was above the high water mark, we reported to our operations room and there were happy for us to stand down."
