Helicopter Crew Rescues Man From Car in Yucca Valley Flash Floods

Helicopter Crew Rescues Man From Car in Yucca Valley Flash Floods
An elderly man trapped in his car in rushing water in Yucca Valley. Screenshot/SBCSDAviation/Storyful
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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit conducted a swift water rescue in Yucca Valley, California, on Feb. 2, after an elderly man was discovered trapped in a car stuck in floodwaters.

Video posted by the sheriff’s office captures the scene as an emergency responder extricated the man from his car after a flash flood brought water up the the level of the car’s windows.