A 27-year-old is dead after falling 40 feet from Sunset Cliffs Tuesday morning.

Multiple agencies responded to the rescue near Ladera Street just before 4 a.m..

The man was found by crews who administered CPR. However, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials say the man was looking at the cliffs with friends when he lost his footing and fell.

A bystander on the beach helped locate the man, who was in critical condition at the time.

Police were at the scene investigating, but they do not suspect foul play at this time.

