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Orange County rescue crews hoist person to safety amid rushing creek water

By Julie Sharp

March 13, 2025 / 12:23 PM PDT / CBS LA

CBS News Los Angeles

A person trapped in their vehicle in a San Juan Capistrano creek bed amid rushing waters was rescued by swift water rescue teams Thursday morning.

The incident was reported around 9:40 a.m. at Trabuco Creek and Rosenbaum roads. A video posted on X by Orange County Fire Authority shows a person being hoisted to safety by way of a helicopter rescue.

The person who was rescued is okay, according to OCFA.

No further information is available.

San Juan Capistrano - Our Emergency Command Center (ECC) received a call for a person in a creek at 9:39 AM in the area of Trabuco Creek Road and Rosenbaum Road. pic.twitter.com/OEwx0kKg1H
— OCFA (@OCFireAuthority) March 13, 2025

Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.