KHTS Radio Santa Clarita Radio – Santa Clarita News
A man was rescued by the help of an aerial ladder from a fire truck after he became stuck in a cherry picker Tuesday evening in Castaic.
Around 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters received reports of a person trapped behind the Pilot Gas Station in the 31600 block of Castaic Road in Castaic, said Esteban Benitez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
“A person was trapped in a cherry picker about 20 feet high,” Benitez said.
The person became trapped after the battery on the machine died, according to officials on scene.
Firefighters utilized the aerial ladder on top of quint 126 giving the trapped worker a safe way down back to the ground.
No injuries were reported.
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“utilized the aerial latter”
I am confident they used the ladder and not Latter.
Those things are not battery operated. Somebody screwed up.
“latter” is properly spelled L A D D E R!
Was it the former ladder or the latter ladder? Please edit your copy.
1. He was not a professional nor authorized lift operator.
2. This happened after work days hours.
3. This person was a vagrant, transient, homeless. He apparently climbed on and fiddled with the controls.
4. He should have been arrested.
5. Whoever should have secured the equipment should be fired.