The authorities had to close the road to the Pacific coast of Santa Monica in Malibu due to heavy rains
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by Brad Anderson
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- Fortunately, the white SUV driver was able to free himself without any serious injury.
- The Malibu region was affected with almost 6.5 inches of rain, causing road and school closures.
- Lafd captain Erik Scott says the driver was transported to a local hospital to be checked.
Shortly after huge forest fires torn a large part of Los Angeles, the city was struck by huge rainst storms that sparked a brutal mud flow on the Pacific Coast Highway during the weekend- end. The mud flow took with it a vehicle from the Los Angeles fire service, the road sweeping near Malibu and directly in the Pacific Ocean.
Dramatic images of the scene have captured the consequences of the accident, showing a white chevrolet sitting in surfing after tabling an embankment of steep dirt on the side of the road. The head of firefighters led along the road when his vehicle was hit. Fortunately, he was able to get out of the destroyed SUV, but suffered minor abrasions after the airbags trigger.
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According to AOL, there were almost 6.5 inches of rain in the region. He hit a hill next to the highway that was charred in the devastating fires in January and the shape of the slope acted as a funnel, according to the captain of Lafd Erik Scott, leading a strong flow of water and mud on the other side of the road.
NBC was able to get their hands on Dash camera images from another patrol car that captured the moment when the water torrent hit the side of the Chevy, pushing it on the edge and towards the ocean. The chevy was covered with a thick layer of dirty water while it fell on the cliff, but fortunately, it does not seem to have rolled. The local news teams filmed the moment when the driver managed to free himself while the torrent of the water continued to rush before him. He was then transported to a local hospital to be checked.
Local authorities urged motorists to avoid areas struck by mudslides, and Malibu schools were closed on Thursday and Friday.
