MAN STRANDED IN CULVERT IN SPRING VALLEY RESCUED

May 2017 Articles

Spring Valley

East County News Service

Photo via @fox5sandiego on Twitter

May 7, 2017 (Spring Valley) - A man was rescued after being stranded in a culvert in Spring Valley thanks to today's rainstorm clung to shrubs and a fence while fast-moving water rushed below him, Fox 5 reports.

The man was stranded at 8911 Troy Street around 4:15 p.m. when a swift-water rescue team found him. The rescue took all of 20 minutes. Crews detached a chain-link fence from an overpass in order to reach the man.

The man was completely fine with no injuries and did not need medical attention, according to Cal Fire.

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