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SUV Upside Down in Trinity River at Kimtu Beach, Multiple Emergency Units on Scene

UPDATE: Two Firefighters Killed in Willow Creek Car Crash 

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UPDATE 3:45 p.m.: Rescue divers may be canceled as the SUV is reported to be crushed and possibly inaccessible. Two emergency boats are on scene and will assist in towing the vehicle out of the water.

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UPDATE 3:30 p.m.: An emergency boat is en route to the scene. According to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Laura Coleman, divers have not yet located the two passengers reported to be inside the vehicle.

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UPDATE 3 p.m.: Emergency divers are searching for two individuals in the water.

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A black Toyota Land Cruiser has rolled over on its roof in the Trinity River near U.S. Highway 96 in Willow Creek.

Hoopa Valley Tribe has a dispatched a boat to the location because the vehicle is inaccessible from either side of the river bank. Multiple emergency agencies are at the scene attempting to find a way down to the car.

Information will be updated as it comes in.

2:15 p.m.
SUV Upside Down in Trinity River at Kimtu Beach, Multiple Emergency Units on Scene
UPDATES
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2:16 p.m.
[1] WALK INTO THE RP STATES A BLK JEEP LOOKING VEH THAT IS UPSIDE DOWN IN THE RIVER
2:16 p.m.
[7] 1039 CF
2:18 p.m.
[8] 1039 16-S1
2:18 p.m.
[9] SEARCHING FOR THE VEH IN RIVER NOW
2:19 p.m.
Unit Enroute
2:19 p.m.
Unit Assigned
2:19 p.m.
Unit At Scene
2:20 p.m.
[10] LOCATED VEH AT KIMTU BEACH, UNACCESSABLE FRM EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER - REQ FIRE AND A BOAT
2:22 p.m.
[12] 1039 TO CAL FIRE
2:22 p.m.
[13] PER 72, SALYER FIRE HAS A BOAT
2:24 p.m.
[14] INQ W/CF, WILL CHK AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET THE SALYER FIRE BOAT
2:26 p.m.
[16] 1039 TO HOOPA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A BOAT AVAIL
2:29 p.m.
Unit Assigned
2:36 p.m.
[20] PER 90-20, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER SPOTTED DALE WB 299 IN A USFS VEHICLE APX 1 HR AGO
2:39 p.m.
[21] 1039 HSO THAT TRIBAL IS STARTING A BOAT - HSO IS 10-252ING THE BOAT REQ
2:42 p.m.
Unit Assigned

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