{"id":389964,"date":"2026-01-05T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389964\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:43:11","slug":"yfd-responds-to-vehicle-in-colorado-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389964\/","title":{"rendered":"YFD responds to vehicle in Colorado River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) &#8211; The Yuma Fire Department (YFD) has provided more information regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/top-stories\/2026\/01\/03\/truck-falls-off-bridge-on-yuma-interstate-8-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the truck that drove off a bridge and landed into the Colorado River<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the crash happened on the Fourth Avenue Bridge, in the area of S. Fourth Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, YFD says crews found a full-sized pickup truck partially submerged in the river and had significant damage, and says a man driving the truck may have gotten out of the vehicle and left the area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TRUCK-BRIDGE-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233126\"\/>Courtesy: Yuma Fire Department<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TRUCK-BRIDGE-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233127\"\/>Courtesy: Yuma Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>However, due to low visibility, water hazards and other factors, YFD says they requested assistance from agencies such as the Yuma Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol and the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, YFD says the man was found approximately 100 yards downstream and partially submerged, prompting their Special Operations team to deploy a rescue boat and jet ski to rescue the man.<\/p>\n<p>After being rescued, YFD says the man was taken to the wetlands ramp, but was then taken to Onvida Health to be treated, and says the man&#8217;s condition is not known.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) &#8211; The Yuma Fire Department (YFD) has provided more information regarding the truck that drove&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-389964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}