Woman rescued after she is swept nine miles in San Jose Creek during SoCal storm

"The woman, whose name was not released, was first spotted in the creek near Fullerton Road by the 60 Freeway around 1:50 p.m."

""She went downstream for a while," said Pauline McGee, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Fire Department."

"The creek is about two feet deep and the water was flowing about eight to 10 miles per hour, McGee said."

Firefighters located and rescued a woman who had been swept downstream in San Jose Creek after being first seen near Fullerton Road by the 60 Freeway at about 1:50 p.m. Crews arrived 17 minutes later and continued searching downstream using fire trucks and a helicopter. The woman was eventually rescued at Workman Mill Road and helped onto a stretcher before being transported to a hospital. The creek measured about two feet deep with water flowing approximately eight to ten miles per hour; her condition was not immediately clear.

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