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Two injured, more rescued after car goes off cliff in Gippsland

People are in hospital after their car went off a cliff in Gippsland and emergency services performed a late night rescue mission.

SES helped rescue the group.
SES helped rescue the group.

Four people are lucky to be alive after the car they were in went off the road and down a cliff in the state’s southeast on Sunday night.

Emergency services were called to Jeeralang in Gippsland just after 11pm on Sunday June 18 to reports of a motor vehicle accident.

When they arrived on the scene on Jeeralang West Rd they found a car about 40m down a cliff face.

Four CFA units from Yinnar South, Churchill and District 9 HQ attended.

FRV, Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and SES also attended.

Crews found four people inside the vehicle and set up a line to extricate and retrieve them from the vehicle.

A woman in her 20s with lower body injuries was taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital in a stable condition.

A man in his late teens with upper and lower body injuries was taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital in a stable condition.

A third person did not require emergency treatment or transport.

The scene was declared safe by 1.05am on June 19.

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