rolled off a cliff near the Ducking Stool on North Shore Road.

The vehicle had apparently been parked near the Ducking Stool at the edge of a cliff, and the driver said that he got out of the car shortly after 12.30 a.m.

on Sunday, leaving two other people inside.

Somehow the car rolled off the embankment, with one of the passengers still inside when it plunged into the water.

The passenger, a 52-year-old man, received only minor bruising and abrasions during the fall, and swam clear of the car.

The man was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital by ambulance for observation.