Man survives after truck falls 270-feet down embankment

A 27-year-old man is miraculously alive after his pickup went over Hawk Cliff near Port Stanley. Fire fighters estimate that from the top to bottom of the embankment is around 270 feet.

A 27-year-old man is miraculously alive after his pickup went over Hawk Cliff near Port Stanley.

Fire fighters estimate that from the top to bottom of the embankment is around 270 feet.

“When emergency services responded, we honestly believed that we were going to be dealing with a fatal motor vehicle collision,” said Sgt. Ed Sanchuk of the West Region OPP.

Central Elgin Fire spent most of the morning working with a heavy-rescue team, pulling the truck up the cliff.

Around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday first responders were called after a truck went over the edge at the end of Hawks Cliff Road at the Lake Erie shoreline.

Ornge Air Ambulance had difficulty finding a place to land as the terrain is tough to navigate, and Central Elgin Fire crews went down the embankment to rescue the driver, who survived the crash despite going more down the steep embankment which is filled with large rocks.