WILMINGTON, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Several cars became stuck along a flooded street near the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Wilmington area after a storm moved through the region Friday morning.
The incident was reported just before 5 a.m. at Alameda Street and Harry Bridges Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department
A view of the scene from AIR7 showed the floodwater almost entirely covering the wheels of one of the stranded cars. At least three cars and a semi-truck were immobilized by the deceptively deep water.
Some of the drivers became trapped as a result, though they and the cars were eventually safely removed.
Several cars became stuck along a flooded street near the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Wilmington area Friday morning.
That stretch of Harry Bridges is known to have some flooding during high sides and heavy rain, but people told Eyewitness News that Friday’s situation was different .
“I’ve been here working… for over 20 years and this is the worst I’ve seen. I’ve never seen vehicles actually stuck in the water,” said Santiago Rodriguez.
It’s also recently become the one of alternate routes to get around the closure of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which will be off-limits to drivers for 16 months.
L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn attributed the “disaster” to a combination of the rain, high tides and increased and increased traffic due to the bridge closure.
With the impending El Niño impacts and more high tides to come, Hahn says a change needs to be made going forward. She is now calling on Caltrans to designate a new detour route that avoids those streets.
“City and County crews are working to pump out the water, but we cannot keep sending commuters through a route that is flooding,” Hahn said in a statement. “I am asking Caltrans to identify an alternate detour that avoids Harry Bridges and Alameda until we can find a long-term solution.”
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