Tree-trimming truck crashes into Encino fire hydrant and overturns

A tree-trimming truck overturned after crashing into a fire hydrant in Encino on Monday afternoon. 

The crash was reported at around 3:45 p.m. near the 16000 block of W. Calneva Drive and Hayvenhurst Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. 

Circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation. 

SkyCal flew over the spot of the crash, where the overturned truck could be seen near the spot where the hydrant once stood. Water was seen gushing dozens of feet into the air. Los Angeles police had taped off the portion of the intersection most impacted by the falling water. 

Firefighters said that they were working to turn the water off at 4:15 p.m., and that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was contacted for further assistance. However, it was not shutoff until just after 7:45 p.m., nearly four hours after gallons of water started spewing from the sheared hydrant.

Despite initially reporting that no one was injured in the crash, LAFD officials later said that one person was hospitalized in unknown condition. The nature of their injury was not immediately noted.