Five rescued after cliff crash near Harrietville in northeast Victoria

Publish date: 2024-08-25

Emergency services rushed to the site of a terrifying crash in rural Victoria after a car lost control and plunged off a cliff with five people inside.

Police were called to Great Apline Rd at Harrietville in northeast Victoria shortly after 6pm on Sunday.

A multi-agency rescue operation was quickly deployed to rescue all five occupants, which included three adults, aged between 34 and 59, and two children.

A 59-year-old woman was airlifted to Alfred Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a 34-year-old woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The third adult passenger, a 35-year-old man, and two children were taken to hospital for observation.

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