NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Santa Rosa woman was rescued after her car tumbled down a 100-foot cliff north of Bodega Bay Tuesday morning.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported that its dispatch center received a call at about 6 a.m. Tuesday regarding a vehicle over a cliff near Highway 1 and Coleman Valley Road.

The sheriff’s office said the Bodega Bay Fire Department responded to the call along with Bodega Volunteer Fire Department, Monte Rio Fire Department, the US Coast Guard, California Highway Patrol, Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies and the sheriff’s helicopter.

Firefighters from Bodega Bay Fire Department found the car, a Volkswagen Beetle, had landed on Coleman Valley Beach approximately 100 feet down the cliff from Highway 1 and had caught fire, officials said.

The driver, a 54-year-old Santa Rosa woman, jumped into the ocean after crashing the car and swam several hundred yards out to sea. A firefighter was able to swim after her and ultimately rescued her, bringing her back to the beach, according to the sheriff’s report.

A crew from the sheriff’s helicopter was able to land on the beach, provide medical attention for the woman and then flew her for a nine-minute trip to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital where she is being treated for her injuries from the car crash, officials said.

The sheriff’s office said deputies and CHP officers investigated the collision and believed the woman intentionally drove over the cliff and attempted to end her life. When she survived the crash it’s believed she swam out in the ocean in a further attempt to end her life.

Deputies placed the woman on a mandatory mental health hold at the hospital in the hopes that she is able to get mental health treatment, authorities said.

“This was a very successful rescue and excellent coordination of resources by all agencies involved,” the sheriff’s office said in its report.