Police and emergency services have closed Lighthouse Road at Byron Bay and are asking motorists and pedestrians to avoid the area after an earlier incident at Cape Byron Lighthouse.
People are also being directed away from the walking track.
NSW Ambulance told Echonetdaily they were called to the scene at around 8.30am today, after an incident involving a man believed to be in his 60s.
Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter paramedics are working to rescue the man.
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