Driver was wearing his seatbelt at time of crash

HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) - News 4 is learning more about a 17 year old's brush with death this weekend when his SUV dove over a cliff in Hamburg.

Officials told News 4 that Michael Davison was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Police say the teen was not texting, or on his phone. They also say drugs and alcohol were not a factor.

Officials say, 17-year-old Michael Davison swerved to avoid hitting an animal before he plummeted off a steep cliff into a creek. It happened early Sunday morning, on Lakeview Road in Hamburg. Emergency responders say the boy was sitting on the roof of his white Land Rover SUV when they arrived.

The rescue took several hours. Many tools were used to lift the boy up safely. Officials and residents living nearby are shocked he walked away with only minor injuries.

"It's about a 90 foot drop, a pretty treacherous cliff, has a lot of trees on it a lot of brush," said David O'Brien, Village of Hamburg Fire Chief. "No bad injuries actually, the car hit straight down and what happened is the airbags actually saved him and ejected him out of the car."

"It's amazing that someone lived through that and that's what I hear that the kids fine and that's amazing, its a miracle," said a resident.

Police told News 4 this was the first time an accident like this happened. Some neighbors say the road can be very dangerous.

Toddler ejected out of car over 20 foot wall.

"I thought when I went out there that he would be dead." Those the words of Bob Blount, of Pompano Beach, Fla,. about a baby who somehow managed to not only live through a harrowing car crash, but with only a few scrapes. According to authorities, 18-month-old Jacob Mentor's mother was driving on Interstate-95 when she swerved to avoid a tire in the road. The flipped other several times, throwing Jacob from the vehicle, which landed at a 45-degree angle against a nearly 20-foot high sound barrier wall. Jacob somehow flew over the wall, landing in Blount's backyard. He was crying and conscious when paramedics arrived, says the Sun Sentinel newspaper. His injuries didn't appear serious, local fire and rescue officials told the newspaper. "It was nothing short of a miracle," Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles remarked to the Sun Sentinel. There are conflicting reports about whether Jacob was strapped in and if so, with what, and how effectively. His sister, 3, was strapped in and wasn't hurt, police say, adding that his mother suffered only a leg injury. "I actually saw him land on the ground," Blount, 75, told "Early Show on Saturday Morning" co-anchor Chris Wragge. "He bounced once, flipped over onto his back and landed again." Blount's wife, Jan Blount, also 75, called it "totally unbelievable. Unbelievable." "I went with my husband to make sure that there was a child and I saw his eyes open," Jan continued. "And he was whimpering. So I knew that I had to rush back to the house and call 911, but at least I could tell them he's alive." "We've lived in this house for ten years," Jan told Wragge, "and I can measure the type of accident by the sounds I hear. This was the most violent that we had ever heard. It even shook a picture on our wall. So I knew immediately this was a violent crash. I was getting up to go to the phone until I heard my husband say a child flew over the wall. I couldn't believe it."