California hotel worker is winched from car wreck TWO DAYS after he plunged 400ft off cliff while swerving to avoid a deer

A hotel worker has been rescued two days after his car plunged over a Californian cliff, rolling several times and throwing him through the sunroof after he swerved to avoid a deer.

The California Highway Patrol sent a team to search a stretch of coastline from Big Sur to Monastery Beach Wednesday afternoon after the motorist went missing.

The man, who has not been named, left the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur at about 11:30 pm Sunday night and never arrived home.

The CHP airplane was already in Monterey County for a separate call and responded to the area to search the cliffs below Highway 1.

The California Highway Patrol rescued a Big Sur hotel worker who swerved to avoid a deer on the highway and toppled hundreds of feet down the side of a cliff 

Big Sur Fire Chief Matt Harris was winched down to reach the man

The man jerked the wheel to avoid a deer on Highway 1, the car rolled 400 feet down the hillside

The helicopter flew over Hurricane Point, a seaside cliff featuring a weaving roadway above pristine coastline.

It is from there that the victim fell 400 feet after he jerked the wheel to avoid a deer, causing the car to roll down the cliff's edge before coming to a stop right above the beach.

The man was ejected through the sunroof as the car toppled down the hillside, ending up buried in the greenery and secluded from view. 

As the CHP Airplane passed overhead 20 minutes after the initial request, the team spotted a man frantically waving a makeshift flag hundreds of feet below.

A second aircraft was called, this time a helicopter.

Big Sur Fire Chief Matt Harris was the first to reach the young man and assess his injuries.

The man was flown back up to the highway for emergency treatment before being airlifted to a hospital in Salinas

The vehicle came to a stop right above the coastline, ejecting the driver through the sunroof

'We used ropes. I was lowered down for the most part, but I had to blaze my own trail,' Harris told KTVU.

The rescue was particularly tricky as there was no access to the crash site from the beach below.

The man was hauled back up to the highway, where he was met with first responders and an ambulance. 

The helicopter picked him up again and airlifted him to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas for further care.

Even though two days had passed, the man appeared to be stable and suffered moderate injuries, CHP reported.