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Canadian survives after driving off Hawaiian cliff and getting swept to sea

Man rescued after plunging off 20-metre cliff fall in his vehicle, spedning 90 minutes in the water
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Mike Moody, as shown in this handout image, was fishing off the main island of Hawaii early Sunday when a Canadian tourist drove his rented Jeep off a cliff. Moody poses with his catch of the day and the Canadian man’s mangled Jeep in the background in this undated photo.

A Canadian tourist in Hawaii has survived a disastrous sequence of events after he took a wrong turn while heading out to watch the sunrise, drove off a cliff, fell out of the wreck and was washed out to sea.

The crash woke up local spearfisherman Mike Moody who was sleeping in a vehicle nearby with a dive partner at about 3:30 a.m.

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