Updated 12.34pm.

A crane lowers rescuers to the car at the bottom of the cliff.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.The difficult rescue operation underway on Tuesday morning.

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

 

 

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