Man Injured When Bulldozer Tumbles
Firefighters rescued a worker injured Wednesday after he and the bulldozer he was driving fell into a flood control channel, authorities said.
Shortly before 8 a.m., the unidentified 40-year-old man from San Bernardino fell about 15 feet into Bull Creek, a flood control channel near Roscoe and Balboa boulevards, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The concrete-lined waterway was mostly dry at the time.
Authorities don’t know what caused the driver to lose control of the bulldozer, Humphrey said.
The man, an employee of Tristan Engineering, staggered for about 40 feet but then collapsed in pain from his injuries, Humphrey said.
The victim was transported to Northridge Hospital Medical Center suffering from back pains but otherwise in good condition, Humphrey said.
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