Flooding Strands Vehicles on Highway 395 in Johannesburg, Johannesburg CA
Road ClosureHeavy flooding on Highway 395 in Johannesburg stranded several vehicles including a semi-truck. Rescue teams evacuated the driver from the semi-truck. Multiple reports of boulders in the water covering the road were received. Authorities requested CalTrans to close the highway section due to hazardous conditions and heavy rain.
Audio|Source: Kern County Sheriff/Bakersfield PD
08:35
Transcript:
00:00
Control 1 risk, you want if you can inform Caltrans on the flooding on the 395?
00:05
A-firm.
00:08
Control, 2.
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2.
00:12
The 245 of the vehicle, no injury.
00:14
Near 18th and Qqueen.
00:16
The second half will be two white females 30 to 40 and a blue Toyota partial plate 9 Henry Paul Frank 7.6.
00:23
It's up to hit RP with their vehicle.
00:27
City, coming.
00:33
I want to outvise on 846.
00:39
One call on mic, go forth.
00:41
Light, go far.
00:43
Near the bridge, H-N-S.
00:51
See for a return call.
01:01
Do you have any updates with the semi-truck in the war? Ten-four.
01:12
Village at Lakeside Apartments, (number withheld), Panama.
01:17
There is no answer as unknown if it's due to reception or the weather.
01:23
We don't have any units over there.
01:26
All units were now stranded in Randsberg further.
01:30
We do have another RP advising.
01:33
Correct, you can 1022 that.
01:35
He was able to get this vehicle out of the water.
01:38
That work.
01:43
Lincoln 12th.
01:44
The last update came in at 1905.
01:47
The RAM was on dry ground.
01:49
However, the water was still up to the semi-truck's driver door with vapors coming out of the semi-truck.
01:57
John, Legion 12 for fire, the fire was able to get to the subject in the truck and they've got M out, they'll be transport him.
02:07
Copy, am I? Fire space.
02:09
Or am I able to clear this rescue call then?
02:13
Offerman.
02:19
Control one, northeast M2.
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East M2. East M2.
02:25
Just for information, myself and Rich David 1, we'll be accessing our vehicles and heading up a hill.
02:31
It'll be just northeast of our GPS location.
02:34
We're still good for.
02:36
And for Lincoln, 12 and rescue one, do you copy?
02:39
I'm sorry.
02:45
Control, just confirm you, copy, Zola.
02:48
Negative 10.9.
02:50
Northeast SAM2 and Ridge David 1 have to exit their vehicles.
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They'll be heading up a hill northeast of their GPS coordinates.
02:57
Rescue 1 was advised.
03:00
For confirming the vehicles are becoming overcome with water.
03:04
Northeast Sam 2, can you advise if the vehicles have been overcome with water or is threatened?
03:10
Negative at this time, just a precaution.
03:13
Or link in 12 negative at this time.
03:17
Copy. Do you need the page updated without information or negative at this time?
03:23
Negative at this time.
03:25
Okay.
03:30
Control on.
03:34
Go ahead. Officer safety information, we have multiple reports at Ofer and Broadway throughout Johannesburg that boulders have now rolled into the roadway.
03:43
They're completely submerged into the water.
03:47
Okay. Okay.
03:56
Lincoln 12 confirmed that's on the 3995.
03:58
A firm throughout Johannesburg.
04:02
Control one, rescue one.
04:04
Can we get CalTrans to shut down the 395 from that section?
04:08
They were just advised of the other section you stated on all recontas.
04:13
It's a very heavy rain all throughout the 395 right now.
04:20
You're in coffee.
04:26
Control on Ridge 2.
04:27
I had a SoCal Edison truck, a pickup truck, and a sedan that headed eastbound on the Red Rock Ranchburg.
04:37
Just the information at this time.
04:40
Okay.
04:42
Ridge 2, Lincoln 12, is fire with them.
04:50
I believe the battalion chief with 84 was there, I advised them that the road was closed and I wouldn't go that way.
04:57
They're going to head that way right now and try and stop them.
05:01
Okay, talking to the battalion chief here, because they were going to do sympathy if they can extricate themselves going that way.
05:12
Do you want to stick with them and advise if there is no way out or if they do make it out.
05:22
10,4, I'll go with him.
05:25
Yeah, if it's impassable, which is probably going to be then disrevised, and say where you're asking.
05:34
That range to Kern Patrol 84.
05:39
Go ahead.
05:42
Yes, sir. We're going to try to drag all this equipment as far as we can to the east year.
05:48
We were able to get in here, obviously, so we're going to see how we can make it out.
05:51
If we can, we can, but we're trying to get as far as we can.
05:57
Copy that. Do you want me to hang tight here with the ambulance until you guys can either make it or not make it?
06:03
That's right for it.
06:05
That's the ambulance that's going to follow us.
06:10
7 4.
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Rush to go back.
06:15
Also we've connected from both sides here so there's no traffic behind you.
06:19
We're taking everything.
06:24
Bridge to copy.
06:27
Any sheriff unit with traffic, go ahead.
06:30
There were multiple units covering.
06:33
Ridge 2, 1912 confirm here.
06:35
We're going to trail them.
06:38
A firm, I'm trolling them right now.
06:40
A copy. If you can, just give us regular updates so we know what your status is.
06:45
June 4, we'll do.
06:50
Control 1 copies any other unit with traffic on the patch.
06:53
Go ahead.
06:58
Go on an order team, show me on a supplemental investigation at Lost Hills Mobile Park, Space 53.
07:06
Just confirming 5353.
07:09
Paper. Okay.
07:16
John Lincoln 12.
07:18
Ken 12.
07:21
With fire at my location, this will now be the command post for this incident.
07:26
And Metro 2 will handle tag 853.
07:34
Copy the CP will be at your location.
07:36
Just confirming your GPS is accurate at Red Rock Randsburg in Norelia.
07:42
Brock Ransberg, 14, and Norelia,
07:46
and if you can send an executive page with that information that will be in a unified command, executive page requested.
08:10
Supermutation on the National Leap.
08:15
Drumming at 12 hours by fire at 395 north of Red Rock, Ransburg.
08:21
There's a vehicle stuck in the water.
08:26
395 north of Red Rock-Randsburg vehicle stuck.
08:29
Is there anything further as far as description?
08:34
Stand by one.
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