This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cornwall/6550055.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Mother saves sons from cliff fall | Mother saves sons from cliff fall |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| Two children were dragged from a car moments before it plunged more than 220ft (67m) down a cliff in Cornwall. | Two children were dragged from a car moments before it plunged more than 220ft (67m) down a cliff in Cornwall. |
| It is thought one of the boys may have knocked the handbrake of the 4x4 vehicle at Polpeor Cove, on the Lizard. | |
| The family, from Gloucestershire, were on holiday when the accident happened at about 1417 BST on Thursday. | The family, from Gloucestershire, were on holiday when the accident happened at about 1417 BST on Thursday. |
| The mother freed the children, thought to be about five-years-old, before the car went over the cliff. The family is shocked, but unhurt. | The mother freed the children, thought to be about five-years-old, before the car went over the cliff. The family is shocked, but unhurt. |
| Eyewitnesses said the family had parked the car a short distance from the cliff edge. | |
| Recovered possessions | Recovered possessions |
| Just as the parents got out the car, it began to roll forward with the boys still inside. The mother was able to reach in a pull her sons out. | |
| Falmouth Coastguard said all the family's belongings were in the vehicle when it hurtled over the cliff edge. | Falmouth Coastguard said all the family's belongings were in the vehicle when it hurtled over the cliff edge. |
| A spokesman said most of its contents had been recovered - some by boat and some by the coastguard cliff rescue team. | A spokesman said most of its contents had been recovered - some by boat and some by the coastguard cliff rescue team. |
| "The car is all there, but they won't be driving home in it," he said. | "The car is all there, but they won't be driving home in it," he said. |
| "We understand the mother managed to pull the children out just before it rolled over the edge." | "We understand the mother managed to pull the children out just before it rolled over the edge." |