Flood causes road closure and stranded vehicles on Highway 14, California City CA
Road ClosureFlooding created a 100-foot wide river of water across Highway 14 near California City. The road was closed to traffic and emergency crews rescued people from stranded vehicles, including a green Honda. Caltrans was informed to shut down the affected sections and traffic was stopped for safety.
Audio|Source: Kern County Sheriff/Bakersfield PD
08:22
Transcript:
00:28
It's stop traffic south of my location.
00:30
A driver is informing me that the road is flooded out.
00:33
I'll be responding to check.
00:38
Caltrans was advised to shut down.
00:51
Continuing eastbound on Garlock, Liberty Ambulance was able to get two of the subjects and is 1014 with them.
01:24
Also, break, sorry units were able to get a hold, correction to rescue the other two subjects in a green Honda accord.
01:44
The subjects out of the green Honda.
01:50
Liberty Ambulance is 1014 with them.
02:00
I was just updating that China Lake Sar got the subjects out of the green Honda report.
02:05
They're code 4.
07:01
100 foot river water going across the highway 14.
07:16
Negative. Leave Mike 1, there's a 100-foot river of water going across Highway 14 just south of the C.
07:29
I copy a 100-foot river of water going across the 14.
07:38
Mike 7, control and can you advise if you were able to locate any of those vehicles that were potentially stuck?
07:46
Mike 7, negative on vehicles being stuck could just stop traffic due to the water on the freeway.
07:52
I believe about 5 to 10 miles south of U-Caltrans also had a hard closure for that area.
07:58
They were also advised on a couple others in that general area to close.
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Location mentioned:
CA-14, California City, CA
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