Crime & Safety
Multiple Cars Stuck In Fast-Moving Palm Springs Flood On Indian Canyon
Three drivers were rescued after becoming stuck in a flash flood.
PALM SPRINGS, CA — A swift-water rescue was launched Tuesday after multiple occupied vehicles became stuck in moving water in Palm Springs.
Palm Springs Fire Department crews arrived to North Indian Canyon Drive just south of Interstate 10 at around 12:30 p.m., and were working to rescue the occupied vehicles stuck in the fast-moving water, according to fire officials.
The public was asked to avoid the area as the water forced the closure of North Indian Canyon Drive in both directions.
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No further information was immediately available.
ALERT- Fire units are arriving on the scene of a swift water rescue on North Indian at the wash just south of I-10. Reports of multiple occupied vehicles stuck in the fast moving water. Indian is shut down in both directions, please stay out of the area. pic.twitter.com/Avpwo5KcZW
— Palm Springs Fire Department (@PalmSpringsFire) November 8, 2022
