MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- A man who drove off a road in Malibu and plummeted down a cliff managed to escape with only a few scratches.
Emeka Nwokolo was driving in the rain Thursday along Mulholland Highway when he heard a noise and suddenly lost control of the car, plunging several feet down a mountainside. The car landed on its roof, trapping him inside the wreckage for more than an hour.
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"I was there struggling, trying to find my way out and (there was) no way I could come outside," Nwokolo said.
He managed to kick open a rear door. Then, using a pair of scissors to dig into the soil for support, he made his way up the muddy mountainside.
He flagged down a driver, who called the police, and emerged nearly unscathed.
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Nwokolo has since returned to the area to hike down and retrieve his phone and other belongings from his car, but he says he's grateful to have survived.
"It's a miracle, it's something like a second chance at life for me."