CHATSWORTH, Calif.—Two people trapped inside a vehicle at the bottom of a large sinkhole were rescued Jan. 9 evening in Chatsworth.
Firefighters were called at 9:30 p.m. to the 11400 block of Iverson Road where they found two vehicles on top of each other approximately 15 feet below ground level.
Employing a high-angle rope and an aerial ladder operation positioned over the water-filled hole, in the midst of heavy rainfall, a firefighter was lowered down to secure a young girl and a woman with a harness and then raise them to the surface, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
The woman and girl were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Stewart said….