Swift-water crews rescue man from Pacoima wash

LOS ANGELES - Swift-water crews rescued a man trapped in a flood control channel in Pacoima Tuesday.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the 23-year-old homeless man fell into the water and was clinging to a concrete divider located within a tunnel in the wash near Laurel Canyon Boulevard beneath the 5 Freeway.

Crews used a tethered inflatable LAFD swift-water rescue boat to get to the man.

Several 911 calls were made just after 10 a.m. from people reporting a "teenage male in distress," the LAFD said. 

Once rescued, the man was transported to a local hospital in fair condition for treatment of hypothermia and cuts to his hands.