A physical rescue on the eastbound 101 Freeway in Tarzana prompted a response from Los Angeles firefighters, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Firefighters Free Trapped Driver
The call was classified as a physical rescue, according to an alert posted by the Los Angeles Fire Department
. The physical rescue took place on the eastbound 101 Freeway in Tarzana.
Response Units And Jurisdiction
Fire Station 84 responded to the incident.
Tarzana's Stretch Of The 101 Has Seen Trouble Before
This is not the first time this stretch of freeway has produced a dramatic scene. In a separate incident reported on Jul. 14, an overturned semi-truck on US-101 near Tampa Avenue scattered bricks across traffic lanes, according to Citizen. In that crash, a 25-year-old man suffered minor head injuries and rescue personnel planned to transport him, while two others declined medical treatment; responders said no one was trapped, per Citizen's report.
Other Tarzana freeway crashes have made headlines over the years, though they do not point to any broader pattern. The Los Angeles Times reported a multi-vehicle collision that shut down several lanes in both directions of the 101 late one Thursday night, with witnesses telling CHP that a vehicle had overturned and sent debris into the lanes; it was unclear at the time whether anyone was injured, and lanes were expected to reopen by about 11:30 p.m. In a separate 2016 incident, a wrong-way driver heading east in the westbound lanes near Tampa Avenue slammed into a big rig and two cars, according to the Daily News. All lanes were cleared by 4:34 a.m. that morning, and no one was taken to a hospital for treatment, the newspaper reported.
