The vehicle, in which four young people were traveling, had to be rescued with a tow truck and the emergency services had to attend to the occupants
Two people were seriously injured after their vehicle fell to the bottom of a canal in Irwindale and had to be rescued by emergency services , police said Sunday.
An overnight traffic collision landed this car in the Buena Vista Channel near Alpha St and Bateman Ave. 2 occupants were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. A heavy duty tow truck was required to remove the vehicle from the wash. The cause remains under investigation. pic.twitter.com/uy2LXCabVQ
– Irwindale Police Department (@IrwindalePolice) June 6, 2015
The accident occurred about 1: 44 in the morning on the Buena Vista Canal, located near Alpha Street and Bateman Avenue, as Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department said. And it took place hours after a dark-colored sedan fired at a white BMW and caused a collision with the central divider of the motorway 605 , also at the height of Irwindale.
Four people from Come in 18 and 44 years were at the time of the accident inside a Ford Model LTD of 1986. The car was on an “S” shaped street when it crossed a fence and fell into the water.
The two people who were injured were taken to a center in local trauma with severe injuries , said police. The other two occupants of the vehicle were not injured in the accident.
A heavy duty crane was in charge of removing the vehicle from the canal. The city police shared a video on social media showing how the tow truck operated to remove the vehicle.
The driver of the car told the officers that the brakes had failed , but the causes are still under investigation. Police said they do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.
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