Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Car Goes Over Porter Ranch Embankment

A 72-year-old driver is in serious but stable condition.

A 72-year-old man was in serious but stable condition Thursday evening after his car went over a 200-foot embankment on Rinaldi Street in Porter Ranch.

The vehicle landed wheels-down between Corbin Avenue and Tampa Avenue, according to Erik Scott, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The driver, who had a head injury, was lifted out in a "litter-basket," Scott said.

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