A tourist driving early in the morning on the southern tip of the Big Island accidentally drove his jeep off a cliff but was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and a helicopter. The Hawaii County Fire Department says the man was treated for facial injuries and slight hypothermia after Sunday’s rescue. Firefighters, police and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to the cliffs of South Point in Naalehu at about 3:45 am Sunday to a report of a swimmer in distress in the ocean. He swam about 100 yards to shore at the bottom of a cliff the fire department estimated to be 50-60 feet.
