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Swift water team rescues man from Pacoima Wash
A 23-year-old homeless man was pulled from the Pacoima Wash after he'd been dragged more than three miles.
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.