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A 36-year-old man fishing from the top of a cliff at Hawaiian Paradise Park fell about 30 feet after a section of the cliff’s edge collapsed early today, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.
Seven units with a dozen firefighters responded to the cliffs at the end of Paradise Drive just after 3 a.m.
The Hawaii Police Department said the man was fishing when a large section of the cliff’s edge crumbled, causing the man to fall about 30 feet to the water’s edge below.
Fire rescue crews extricated him from the area and he was taken to Hilo Medical Center in critical condition with head and neck injuries.
Police said no foul play suspected.
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