Paige Dean, 11, was listening to the radio in her grandparents' car when she accidentally disengaged the hand brake and the vehicle began to roll. Paige jumped out just before the car plunged 250 feet over a cliff in North Wales and landed in the sea below. She suffered only minor cuts and scrapes in the Aug. 15 incident"I dropped my phone down the side of the car and when I reached over to get it I accidentally knocked the brake off," Paige told the BBC.
The car began to roll and quickly picked up speed. It knocked down several unoccupied tents at the campground and then hurtled toward a sheer cliff. Paige realized she had to act fast. She managed to open a car door moments before the car sailed over the precipice.
Paige said she saw the car go over the cliff. It landed in the water and was quickly submerged. "I definitely would have died. I have never been so scared," she told the BBC.
Paige's grandparents, who look after the girl and her younger brother, watched in horror as the car went over the cliff. Billy Dean did not realize his granddaughter had escaped.
"I could not believe what was happening. I ran after the car and I saw her jump out. But my husband Billy didn't realize and shouted 'she's gone,'" said Marie Dean, Paige's grandmother.