Accident in Orange County: Car hanging in the air

As a video shows, a two-vehicle crash in Orange County on Saturday caused the rear of one of the vehicles to be thrown into the air by water from a fire hydrant that was torn off.

The accident occurred at the corner of Jeronimo Road and Heidi Avenue in Lake Forest, according to the Orange County Fire Department.

Officials said the emergency calls to the fire department came in around 6:30 p.m. The caller indicated that there might be passengers trapped in the hanging vehicle.

It is unclear exactly how the accident occurred, but the pressure of the water flowing from the sheared hydrant was so high that the rear of the vehicle was suspended about 2.1 to 2.4 meters in the air.

Both drivers were able to exit their vehicles before emergency responders arrived. Paramedics treated both people and took them to the hospital. Authorities said one of the victims required “medical attention.”

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Firefighters were eventually able to isolate both sides of the hydrant, access the water shut-off valve next to the vehicle, and get the car back on the ground.

“We’re going to write this off as something you don’t see every day,” OCFA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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