Vehicle Collision with Palm Tree Leaves Driver Trapped

Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County, CA: A driver was trapped after crashing into a palm tree early Sunday morning, June 26, in the city of Baldwin Park.

Los Angeles County Fire Department and Baldwin Park Police Department received a call around 12:56 a.m. of a traffic collision with one person trapped on the 13400 block of East Garvey Avenue.

Officers arrived on scene and reported a vehicle had crashed into a palm tree and was pinned in between both tree and a structure and that the driver was inside, unable to get out.

LACoFD arrived and used the Jaws of Life to rescue and a chainsaw to cut a palm tree that landed onto the vehicle.

Speed may have been the cause of the crash. The patient was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition.

Video: Michael Ullo, Photojournalist / KNN