Crime & Safety

Man Trapped After Car Rolls off 405

The driver winds up in a drainage ditch near Springdale and firefighters pull him out through the sunroof.

A man who crashed a car and ended up trapped in the vehicle in a drainage channel in Westminster was rescued by firefighters early Friday.

The vehicle left the 405 Freeway near Springdale Street around 3:15 a.m. and ended up on its side, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Firefighters pulled the man out through the car's sunroof and took him to a hospital, according to a news photographer at the scene.

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The man's condition was not immediately reported.

-- City News Service

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