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18/08/2011
Couple Killed In Car Cliff Plunge
A man and a woman have been killed after their car plunged 100 metres over a cliff on the Isle of Wight.
Police were called to Culver Down, near Bembridge, around 8pm on Wednesday following reports of a crash.
Emergency services retrieved two bodies from a blue car, which was found at the bottom of the cliffs.
It is believed that the couple are in their 40s and 50s and are from the island.
(KMcA/BMcC)
Police were called to Culver Down, near Bembridge, around 8pm on Wednesday following reports of a crash.
Emergency services retrieved two bodies from a blue car, which was found at the bottom of the cliffs.
It is believed that the couple are in their 40s and 50s and are from the island.
(KMcA/BMcC)
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