The city Department of the Medical Examiner yesterday identified a woman who died Monday when her car plunged into the ocean off La'ie Point as Sherry Ann Wood, 55, of no local address.

Her death has been listed as a suicide and the cause of death was determined to be drowning.

Emergency responders were sent to the point after receiving reports that a car went over a cliff about 4 p.m., fell about 25 feet, landed upside down in the ocean and sank in about 15 feet of water.

Firefighters from Kahuku fire station descended the cliff and removed Wood from the car. She was freed within 15 minutes after firefighters arrived, said fire Capt. Terry Seelig.

Ocean Safety officers showed up on a jet-powered water craft, on which they carried Wood, who was unresponsive, to an easier access point on the beach about a half mile away.

Emergency Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said city paramedics treated and transported Wood in critical condition to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.