Man dies after crashing his car through metal railings and plummeting 50ft to rocks below

A DRIVER died after he crashed through metal railings and plunged 50ft over a cliff onto the rocks below.

Dramatic pictures show the mangled wreckage of the blue BMW on the shore beneath Corbyn Head in Torquay, Devon.

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Lifeboats and the coastguard rescuers were called to the scene at 1.41am this morning where a man's body was recovered from the wreckage of the car.

A spokesman for the RNLI said: "A car had gone over the cliff at low water. The all-weather boat lit the area with a search light while the inshore boat with coastguards went in and recovered a body from the wreckage."

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Details of the  dead man have yet to be released.

A spokesman for Torbay Coastguard said: "Full team paged to Corbyn Head after a vehicle had driven over the cliff. Berry Head Coastguard were also tasked to back us up.

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"Search teams walked around the bottom of the cliff with police and ambulance crews to look for casualties. A man was recovered from the vehicle and secured into a basket stretcher.

"Torbay inshore lifeboat then transferred the stretcher to Torquay harbour where Teignmouth Coastguard assisted with the transfer into an awaiting ambulance."

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