Motorist trapped in collision rushed to hospital

Firefighters work to free motorist trapped in car. photo by Rick McClure, for The Signal.
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A man was seriously hurt in an early morning 3-vehicle crash on Bouquet Canyon Road Thursday.

The man, whose identity and age were not disclosed, was rushed to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.

Firefighters work to free motorist trapped in car. photo by Rick McClure, for The Signal.

The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. on Bouquet just north of Plum Canyon Road, Vanessa Lozano, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department told The Signal Thursday.

“This was a traffic collision with persons trapped,” she said.

Paramedics were dispatched to the crash scene at 12:54 a.m. and arrived there five minutes later, she said.

They found one man, the driver, trapped in his car.

“There was a request for an ambulance,” Lozano said. “They (firefighters) extricated him from the car and he was sent to Henry Mayo.”

The trapped man was freed at 1:53 a.m., she said.

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are investigating the crash.

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Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station respond to 3-vehicle crash on Bouquet. photo by Rick McClure, for The Signal.

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