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A 74-year-old man died after bypassing barricades and getting trapped in his submerged truck, the Redding Police Department says.
REDDING, Calif. — A 74-year-old man died after becoming trapped inside his pickup truck when it submerged in a flooded roadway in Redding, according to the Redding Police Department.
Before 5 p.m. Sunday, officers, fire crews and medical personnel responded to a water rescue on southbound State Route 273 beneath a railroad crossing between Wyndham Lane and Buenaventura Boulevard.
Redding experienced heavy rainfall throughout the day, leading to significant flooding in several areas of the city. The stretch of roadway where the rescue occurred had been closed with barricades because of flooding.
Police said two cadets were stationed at the closure in a marked patrol vehicle with red and blue emergency lights activated across both lanes of traffic.
While most drivers complied with the closure, police said the man, a Redding resident driving a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck, bypassed the barricade despite cadets’ attempts to stop him.
The man continued into the flooded roadway, where his vehicle became submerged. He called law enforcement and reported he was trapped inside the truck and unable to escape.
When officers and fire personnel arrived, Officer Darren Hull used a flotation device to swim to the submerged vehicle and remove the driver. Police said no one else was inside the truck.
The man was brought to shore near Railroad Avenue and transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said the man’s name is not being released out of respect for his family. No officers were injured during the rescue effort.
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