1 Critically Injured In Northridge Crash

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Two people were injured Saturday, one critically, when a vehicle crashed into a utility pole in Northridge.

The crash was reported at 6:32 p.m. in the 9800 block of North Balboa Boulevard, said the Los Angeles Fire Department's Margaret Stewart.

Your #LAFD firefighters extricated critically injured driver in #Northridge While LAPD will investigate cause, high speed required to shear power pole It doesn’t pay, slow down #DriveSafe pic.twitter.com/sL57KXoqX9
— LAFD Talk (@LAFDtalk) July 26, 2020

The critically injured patient was trapped inside the vehicle and extracted with tools, Stewart said.

The second patient suffered non-life threatening injuries, she said. It was unclear if that person was taken to a hospital.

The ages and genders of the patients were not available.

—City News Service