Four people fell off A cliff in the ocean in Southern California before dawn on Monday, and a man was killed and two women were seriously injured, authorities said.
Fourth person, male who received minor injuries, climb back up from the beach below and alert a passing officer at approximately 4:30 am, Captain Steve Barber said. of Palos Verdes Estates Police Department.
A 25-year“An elderly man from Los Angeles died at the scene,” Barber said. Two women were airlifted from the beach and each hospitalized in critical state, he said.
a television news helicopters showed the rise of a Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter one of sacrifices to help vehicle upstairs of Cliff.
The police were investigating event like an accident, Barber said.
That man who survived25-year-old Vincent Avila of Los Angeles, was hospitalized with Broken ribs and minor kidney damage, according to KNBC-TV.
“This is miracle,” his mother, Irma, said news station.
Her son told her that four friends went to the rocks on Sunday evening to walk and hang themselves. out. She said when one of in women went to relieve in darkness, she slipped and fell. The other three sat in edge trying to find her in darkness, and they too slipped.
Palos Verdes Estates on the Palos Verdes peninsula in the southern part of County of Los Angeles. Trail runs along the top of a cliff about 300 feet (91 meters) above the Pacific Ocean.
There have been several accidents in in area over years, Barber said, and several suicides.
“At the moment there is no indication that it was anything other than an accident,” he said.
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