Three folks dropped into the ocean Monday when a California wharf partially collapsed.
Officials mentioned the folks had minor accidents after the incident at 12:45 p.m. PT on the Santa Cruz Wharf. Two folks had been rescued from the water, whereas a 3rd made it out of the ocean on their very own, a Santa Cruz official mentioned Monday afternoon.
Rob Oatey of the Santa Cruz Fire Department, mentioned the collapse occurred as the world was seeing main storm swells.
The unaffected parts of the wharf had been evacuated, Oatey mentioned.
About 150 ft of the pier had been closed to the general public due to harm from earlier storms, officers mentioned.
One of the individuals who fell into the water was a challenge supervisor on the wharf building challenge, whereas two contractors additionally fell into the ocean, officers mentioned.
They had been hospitalized with minor accidents, officers mentioned.
The National Weather Service Bay Area posted on X Monday afternoon that the climate within the space was “life-threatening” with seashore situations that embody “very excessive surf, rip currents, sneaker waves, and coastal flooding via Tuesday for ALL seashores alongside the Pacific Coast. Very tough seas, breaking waves to 60 ft, and very harmful situations.”
