Two Killed As Car Plunges Over 100m Cliff

A man and a woman have died after the car they were in went over a cliff on the Isle of Wight.

A spokesperson for Solent Coastguard described a blue car that was "very crushed" at the bottom of the rock face at Culver Down.

Emergency services were called at around 8pm and battled against the incoming tide to try to rescue the pair.

Hampshire Police has confirmed that both people are dead and the bodies have been recovered.

Anne Ricketts, 47, from nearby Sandown, was walking her dog along the beach
around the time of the incident.

The social worker said she saw a tractor dragging a trailer with four firefighters towards the beach.

Just after 8pm, she said she saw a coastguard helicopter drop someone into the
water before leaving, while "truckloads" of rescuers from the coastguard were
being dropped off nearby.

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