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Car rolls off cliff and into ocean near Port Douglas
A car has rolled off a cliff and plunged into the ocean after crashing on a highway in far north Queensland.
The male driver was able to get out before it went over the cliff, but a second car crashed moments later as onlookers gathered on the slippery road.
A Nissan Tiida lays in the water after leaving the Captain Cook Highway in Mowbray, south of Port Douglas.Credit: Queensland Police Service
The crash happened on the Captain Cook Highway at Mowbray, about 10 kilometres south of Port Douglas, around 7am on Tuesday.
"The man managed to extricate himself from the vehicle and make his way to safety without sustaining injuries," police said.
Within minutes, a second vehicle travelling north, approximately 150m from the first crash site, crashed.
Police say the driver, a 21-year-old Mount Sheridan man noticed several people on the side of the road before he lost control in the wet slippery conditions. He allegedly over-corrected and crashed into a rock wall before flipping his vehicle.
He sustained non-life threatening arm and back injuries and was taken to hospital. His 56-year-old male passenger was unharmed.
AAP