PACOIMA : Horseman Feared Lost Near Big Tujunga Wash
Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old horse enthusiast from Pacoima who disappeared while riding on paths around Hansen Dam made slippery by this week’s rains. Fire officials said Antonio Rosales went out for his regular morning ride on Monday and did not return.
Family members fear that the former semiprofessional rodeo rider may have fallen off the horse while trying to cross the rain-swollen Big Tujunga Wash, which flows into Hansen Dam. Rescuers searched the area for several hours Tuesday morning, but they were unsuccessful.
“We have no chance of finding him while the waters are still that high,” said Capt. Gary Bowie of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Rosales’ horse was discovered wandering around the wash on Monday.
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