Sad end for rescue operation as man dies in car at bottom of L-Aħrax cliff

Updated 12.34pm.

A crane lowers rescuers to the car at the bottom of the cliff.

A rescue operation by the police and the Civil Protection Department came to a sad end on Tuesday when a man was found dead in the wreckage of a car at the foot of a cliff at l-Aħrax, near Mellieħa.

The car crashed down the cliff at about 8am and the driver was initially thought to be still alive.

Rescuers went down to the car using a crane but the man was dead by the time he was reached. 

The difficult rescue operation underway on Tuesday morning.

Rescue boats seen at the foot of the cliff at L-Aħrax. Photo Mal Bell.