A flashflood in Newhall trapped three people who tried to cross the road in two separate vehicles near Quigley Canyon Road on Saturday.
The two vehicles were trying to cross Quigley Canyon Road with a strong current when they got stuck.
“The water was up to about their door handles,” said Supervisor Art Marrujo of the L.A. Country Fire Department.
One vehicle had a young girl and her father in the car according to Captain Blair Wein of Fire Station 126.
Those two people were saved from the roof of their vehicle after a fire ladder was extended to them. They then were given safety equipment such as harnesses and life vests before fire officials assisted them in walking across the ladder to safety.
The person in the second vehicle was saved after fire officials tied a cable to the car and extended a ladder to the window which was where he was extricated from according to Captain Ed Smith of Fire Station 73.
“We brought him out on the ladder,” said Smith.
No one was injured in the incident.
The call was reported around 3:05 p.m.
