Police say a man in his 20s dies after a van goes over a cliff in the Marsden area of South Shields. Reports state the incident happens on Wednesday when the vehicle leaves the A183 Coast Road and plunges dozens of feet down onto the beach below the cliffs. After the crash, officers find the man dead at the scene. The vehicles involved are described as a van, and the route is identified as the A183 near the South Shields cliff area. Emergency services respond following reports of the crash and carry out searches in the area. Local reporting indicates the body is recovered after the vehicle comes to rest on the beach. Police investigations continue to establish the circumstances leading up to the incident and whether any other factors were involved. Authorities have not reported any further details about the driver or passengers in the accounts provided.