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Vehicle found submerged in Los Angeles RiverLos Angeles CA

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Victory Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to reports of a flipped-over vehicle near Golden Valley, northbound on Victory Boulevard in Los Angeles. After an initial search, the vehicle was later found submerged in the Los Angeles River near Victory Bridge. Swiftwater rescue units confirmed the vehicle was fully underwater, but no occupants or victims were located. The scene was declared clear and resources were scaled down.

Audio|Heard on: Los Angeles County Sheriff, Fire and Aircraft - Santa Clarita Valley
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04:52
Transcript:
00:00
Confirming you are unable to locate the vehicle at this point?
00:10
Blocked down by a passerby that there is a flipped over vehicle northbound, north of Golden Valley.
00:19
Locate the vehicle at this point?
00:25
Say for fire four is unable to locate.
00:27
There might have been an update that 44 had eyes on it, but I can't confirm.
00:37
That way.
00:39
Southern 219 en route, are there any other traffic?
00:43
And back to Adam.
00:45
To Adam.
00:47
Can you start county roads? We have a tree down on Elizabeth Lake at 110th Street West.
00:55
Blocking both lanes, all lanes of traffic.
00:59
Tree down both lanes, Elizabeth Lake, 110th Street West, we'll get county roads.
01:14
Yeah, I hear.
01:15
You know what they said? Yeah.
01:22
Through 1017 point.
01:32
For the repeat.
01:35
Yeah, I see from SD one.
01:44
F from IC.
01:48
Yeah, reports from Swiftwater 44 at the Victory Bridge.
01:54
It sounds like the vehicle has passed them, barely visible in the water, fully submerged.
02:01
This time I concur with air off so we can start to downsize it.
02:12
With water one from Tonga, I see.
02:16
I copy.
02:18
No victim found.
02:20
We'll start to de-escalate the incident.
02:24
Fire four from I see.
02:26
Do you concur?
02:29
I see fire four.
02:30
I concur with what we saw in the vehicle at the time.
02:35
With the 85 passes, we've been up and down the river with fire four or fire one.
02:39
We're unable to locate any victims possibly in the water.
02:48
Fire four, I copy.
02:51
Swiftwater 1, I copy.
02:53
Be advised,
02:55
do we have any intel on when that vehicle may resurface in the event we get another incident based off the sighting of the vehicle?
03:15
We're taking one, code six on Studebaker.
03:25
SD1, best guess is this just going to make it into the main channel of the LA River as it starts making its way down to the downtown area.
03:37
Unaware if it's going to resurface.
03:45
One, I copy.
03:53
Go in 20 . Six, ten four.
04:00
Fire from Tujunga, I see.
04:04
We were unable to locate a patient.
04:06
We do have a vehicle in the water.
04:08
It's still in the water and it is currently submerged underwater.
04:14
This vehicle may resurface at some point, but as of now we will call this a false with no patients.
04:23
I'll start de-escalating the incident.
04:29
Locate a patient.
04:30
Vehicle still submerged in the water.
04:42
Division, Lankershim Division.
04:45
Did you copy that intel?
04:47
We will de-escalate and return those resources back to the city.

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Victory Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

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