Torbay, Devon - At 12.20 a.m. on I4th May, 1967, it was reported that a car had been seen to run over the headland close to the look-out. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings, with the small boarding boat in tow, at 12.50 in a light north easterly wind and a slight sea. It was one hour and a half after low water. The driver of the car was found at the base of the cliff. With police and coastguard assistance the man was taken on a stretcher into the boarding boat and then transferred to the life-boat.

He was landed at Brixham where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 2 o'clock..