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A person has survived a 100m cliff plunge after their vehicle careened off a wet rural road and crashed down a steep bank overnight.<\/p>\n
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Emergency services were called just before 1am to the crash off SH25 in Kereta, a remote part of the Coromandel Peninsula.<\/p>\n
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The driver spent close to four hours on the cliff before a specialist ropes rescue team managed to extricate them – but incredibly they had suffered only moderate injuries.<\/p>\n
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MetService data shows there had been light rain around the time of the crash, which happened on a winding section of SH25 known as Manaia Rd.<\/p>\n
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Crews were first called at 12.53am, with the first arriving half an hour later.<\/p>\n
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent a rope rescue team from Hamilton along with crews from Coromandel, Manaia Rural, Tapu, Thames and Tairua, northern shift manager Ryan Geen said.<\/p>\n
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The Level 3 ropes team rescued the person from the vehicle and handed them over to paramedics at 4.47am.<\/p>\n
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Hato Hone St John sent an ambulance and a helicopter and treated one person in a moderate condition, a spokesman said. They were expected to be flown to either to Auckland or Waikato Hospital.<\/p>\n
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The crash happened just south of a closed-off section of SH25, which was damaged in the wild weather caused by Cyclone Vaianu over the weekend.<\/p>\n
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Photos posted by the NZ Transport Agency show subsidence in parts of SH25, which is cut into a steep tree-lined hillside.<\/p>\n
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