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.
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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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