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A major rescue operation was launched after a car went over a cliff near Crawton in Aberdeenshire on Saturday morning. ‌

Emergency crews discovered a man with injuries a short distance from the vehicle shortly after 11.05am. ‌

He was winched to safety by a Coastguard helicopter and treated by medics at the top of the cliffs before being taken to hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service. ‌

A spokesperson for HM Coastguard told the Press & Journal that teams were called to reports of “a man found with injuries near a car which went over a cliff near Crawton.”

They added: “An HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter lifted the man to the top of the cliff where he was passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service. No other people were reported to be in d

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