A homeless man was rescued from a steep concrete embankment of the Los Angeles River after officials found him \u201cdangerously close\u201d to rapid water during this week\u2019s storm, authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Homeless Outreach Services team responded to the scene Monday, where they located the distressed victim.<\/p>\n
According to sheriff\u2019s officials, the victim said he fell from a bridge the night before and managed to crawl up the embankment before becoming incapacitated.<\/p>\n
The man was discovered disoriented, wet, exhibiting signs of hypothermia, and with injuries that prevented him from mobilizing to safety, the LASD said.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were dispatched to conduct a medical assessment due to the steep terrain and hazardous conditions.<\/p>\n
Sheriff\u2019s officials said a conventional extrication was not feasible and that a new department Jeep Gladiator, equipped with a winch, was used to successfully raise the man in a rescue basket.<\/p>\n
Deputies determined that immediate actions were necessary to prevent serious injuries or loss of life due to the prolonged exposure, the victim\u2019s injuries and proximity to the rising waters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rapid response and coordination between law enforcement and fire personnel directly contributed to the successful rescue and medical treatment,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n
The department added that the rescue highlights the critical role of the Homeless Outreach Service Team in conducting storm safety outreach and responding to life-threatening emergencies involving vulnerable individuals during severe weather events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeless man was rescued from a steep concrete embankment of the Los Angeles River after officials found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35109,16538,48,52,51,47,50,49,64392,16425,64393],"class_list":["post-122922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-embankment","tag-fall","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-rescued","tag-river","tag-steep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}