A serious car accident occurred this Saturday in North Hills where a driver had to be rescued from a wash after their vehicle veered off the road due to a two-car collision, KTLA reports. The incident took place near 15100 West Parthenia St. just before 5 p.m. and involved one of the cars falling several feet into the Pacoima Wash.
Both the Los Angeles Fire Department and aerial news crews were on the scene, with footage obtained by CBS Los Angeles showing the subsequent rescue operation where, although initial reports by LAFD suggested the driver was trapped, the individual was not trapped but the situation necessitated a complex litter basket operation to safely recover them from the precarious position. The identity of the person seriously injured remains undisclosed, and the circumstances that led to the crash remain under investigation by the authorities.
According to the LAFD ALERT, the car's collision and its descent into the wash prompted an immediate response from the fire department preparing for auto extrication, though it later turned out to be unnecessary. The LAFD stated that the patient required a litter basket operation for extraction and was thereafter transported to a nearby hospital in serious condition "due to the mechanism of injury."
Alongside the seriously injured driver, the Los Angeles Fire Department also reported assessing an additional patient, an adult male, for minor injuries as documented in the updated LAFD alert, though details of his involvement in the crash were not provided, and there has been no word as to whether the occupant(s) of the other vehicle involved in the crash were injured or what precisely triggered the collision on West Parthenia Street, details that are still missing in this developing story.
