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Watch: Dramatic rescue of man stranded on cliff in 'hazardous' landslide zone
Video shows how a man who was stranded on an ‘inaccessible’ cliff face was rescued after he alerted help - by setting fire to his newspaper. With no battery-charge on his phone, retired geologist Bryn Austin, 71, used a lighter, some newspaper and packaging leftover from an Easter egg – to start a small fire in order to draw attention to himself in the remote location. During a huge search operation involving the National Police Air Service, officers quickly discovered that Bryn’s position was...
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Man who drove Tesla off cliff with family in car was 'psychotic,' doctors say
Two doctors testified that the man who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his wife and children in the car suffered from major depressive order and was experiencing a psychotic break at the time of the crash. The testimony came Wednesday in the case of Dharmesh Patel, a Pasadena radiologist who was charged with three counts of attempted murder after he drove the family's Tesla off the cliff at Devil's Slide on Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay, according to prosecutors. At the time of the crash, the...
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Man who killed Saints' Will Smith gets 25-year prison sentence
The man who fatally shot retired Saints star Will Smith after a 2016 car crash has received a 25-year prison sentence following his conviction on a manslaughter charge.