{"id":417321,"date":"2010-03-11T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9279076970b"},"modified":"2010-03-11T15:51:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T20:51:04","slug":"woman-pulled-from-water-after-suv-plunges-into-l-a-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/417321","title":{"rendered":"Woman pulled from water after SUV plunges into L.A. River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b0412;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9284a7a970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"La-me-bridge03_kz4waunc\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9284a7a970b image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9284a7a970b-800wi\" title=\"La-me-bridge03_kz4waunc\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <br \/> Rescue boats and divers searched the Los Angeles River on Thursday for other possible victims after a woman drove her SUV off a Long Beach bridge, crashing through a guardrail and into the murky water below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The SUV smashed through the guardrail of the 7th Street bridge about 7:30 a.m., sinking 15 to 17 feet into the river.&nbsp;<br \/>\nA woman thought to be in her 20s was pulled from the submerged vehicle and rushed to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, said Long Beach Fire Battalion Chief Frank Hayes.<\/p>\n<p> Her condition was unknown. Officials had said three people were pulled from the river, but it turned out to be only one.<\/p>\n<p>\nAuthorities contacted the SUV&#8217;s owner, described as the woman\u2019s relative, who indicated she was probably the vehicle\u2019s only occupant, Hayes said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 divers had been in and out of the river, searching for any possible passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt is zero visibility with strong currents, and silt is gathering on the vehicle even as divers search for victims,\u201d Hayes said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Louis Sahagun in Long Beach <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-bridge-crash-pictures,0,5274306.photogallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/media\/thumbnails\/photogallery\/2010-03\/52690012-11125014.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-bridge-crash-pictures,0,5274306.photogallery\">Bridge crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Emergency personnel at the scene, where an SUV plunged off the 7th Street Bridge with three people inside. Credit: Irfan Khan \/ Los Angeles Times<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue boats and divers searched the Los Angeles River on Thursday for other possible victims after a woman drove her SUV off a Long Beach bridge, crashing through a guardrail and into the murky water below. The SUV smashed through the guardrail of the 7th Street bridge about 7:30 a.m., sinking 15 to 17 feet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}