A car has plunged off a Devon coastal path into seawater.
The 37 year old driver of the BMW Z3 convertible was described as being "reasonably well" by the RNLI.
Police said the vehicle landed on its roof with its wheels protruding from the water's surface.
The incident happened at about 8 am on Sunday on part of the South West Coast Path between the railway line and the beach near Teignmouth.
By the time the lifeboat arrived the man had already escaped from the car and had made it to the water's edge. Tony Watson from the Teignmouth Lifeboat said conditions were "bad with fairly heavy swell and breaking water."
Watson said the motorist, who is not thought to be local, was "reasonably well and was able to walk half a mile back to Teignmouth".
The man drove the car along a narrow stone wall strip beside the railway line. "You can get through, but shouldn't," said Watson.
According to Devon and Cornwall Police there had been concerns that another person or a dog might have been in the car, but divers later confirmed that the driver was on his own.
"One man was inside the vehicle and exited it. He went into the sea with it and got out," a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said.
It was not clear if the roof had been up or down at time of impact.
Teignbridge District Council said they would arrange for the car to be brought up the slipway for recovery.
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