Overview
- LAFD crews were dispatched around 2:54 a.m. near 1300 West 190th Street after reports of a person trapped underground.
- Firefighters found a woman in her 40s about 20 feet down inside an underground drainage space.
- The Harbor Gateway Urban Search and Rescue team used a rope-and-ladder confined-space operation to lift her to the surface.
- She was conscious, treated at the scene, and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Authorities said a nearby person heard her calls for help, and officials have not determined how she fell or how long she was trapped.