Authorities say four people fell off a Southern California ocean cliff in the early morning darkness
Highlights
- Four people fell off a Southern California ocean cliff before dawn Monday morning.
- A 25-year-old man from Los Angeles died at the scene, police say.
- A fourth person, a man who suffered minor injuries, managed to climb back up from the beach below and alert a passing officer.
- Two women were airlifted from beach and each hospitalized in critical condition.
- Police were investigating the event as an accident, police Capt.
- Steve Barber of Palos Verdes Estates Police Department says.