New Zealand man chokes on a chocolate bar before driving over a cliff

A person has miraculously survived after choking on a Crunchie bar and driving his automotive off a cliff and right into a river in New Zealand.

The 40-year-old, who had his 60-year-old mom within the automotive, was driving alongside the Napier-Taupo Street in Taupo on the North Island, reported stuff.co.nz.

He was reportedly consuming a Crunchie bar whereas driving and began to choke, so he went to tug over the automotive.

A person has miraculously survived after choking on a Crunchie bar and driving his automotive off a cliff and right into a river in New Zealand (pictured)

The 40-year-old, who had his 60-year-old mom within the automotive, was driving alongside the Napier-Taupo Street in Taupo on the North Island and consuming the chocolate when he choked

The automotive skidded on the moist street and plunged off the sting, falling 35 metres down a cliff and into the Waipunga River.

The automotive landed on it is facet in about 30cm of flowing water.

Hawke's Bay street policing unit Appearing sergeant Grant Marshall instructed stuff.co.nz stated the person had borrowed the automotive, was not used to the street and there was torrential rain on the time.

When he tried to tug over the automotive skidded on the moist street and plunged off the sting, falling 35 metres down a cliff and into the Waipunga River. Rescue groups (pictured) had been known as to the scene

'We're gobsmacked as to how they survived this,' Marshall stated.

'There may be fairly a bit of serious harm to massive timber down the financial institution and all I can assume is that the timber have damaged the autumn and prevented the sudden cease on the backside. That is the one factor that may make sense to me,' he stated.

The person instructed police he was knocked unconscious within the crash however was in a position to get out of the automotive, climb up the financial institution and wave down one other motorist.

Hawke's Bay street policing unit Appearing sergeant Grant Marshall stated the person not used to the street and there was torrential rain on the time. The rescue staff used ropes to manouvre the person's mom up the slope from the river beneath (pictured)

The pair climbed down and helped the person's mom out of the automotive earlier than emergency companies arrived.

Napier Fireplace Service senior station officer Bryan Dunphy stated it was 'a really troublesome rescue' and it was 7pm earlier than the girl was again up on the roadside.

The person and his mom had been taken to Taupo Hospital and handled for minor accidents and gentle hypothermia earlier than being discharged later that night time.

The person and his mom had been taken to Taupo Hospital and handled for minor accidents and gentle hypothermia earlier than being discharged later that night time. The street was closed whereas the rescue came about (pictured)