A man was rescued from the San Gabriel River in El Monte by members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue teams Monday evening and taken to hospital.
Firefighters responded to the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, near the Valley Boulevard exit, just before 9:30 p.m. Monday to reports of a man trapped in the riverbed, according to reports from the scene.
The man was airlifted by helicopter from the river to the nearby bike path, CBS2 reported. He was taken to a hospital by paramedics in an unknown condition.