Man dies after car plunges 500 feet off Highway 1 cliff onto beach - BERITAJA

A man died aft his car plunged about 500 feet disconnected a Highway 1 adjacent Santa Cruz connected Monday, according to authorities.

Around 12:48 p.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to a report of a clang north of Scott Creek, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The car went disconnected the westbound roadway edge, deed a telephone container and continued southbound done vegetation earlier going complete a cliff, officials said.

Two California State Parks lifeguards swam from Greyhound State Beach to the pouch formation wherever the clang tract and administered CPR to the driver, according to Cal Fire.

The driver was pronounced dormant astatine the segment and was the car’s sole occupant.

It’s chartless whether intoxicant aliases narcotics were factors successful the crash, officials said.

In February, a driver died successful Monterey County erstwhile their car besides went off a cliff disconnected Highway 1 and fell 500 feet.