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San Diego firefighters save tourists from submerged truck in Tijuana River

Crews were able to quickly reach the truck and help the man off the roof of the truck, where he was transported back to land and placed in an ambulance.

SAN DIEGO —

Two men were rescued from the Tijuana River Valley Thursday morning after their truck became submerged in flood water, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The father and son say they were visiting San Diego from Idaho and North Dakota respectively and were on their way to see the border wall. When they reached the flooding water, the father said he didn't think it was that deep and thought he could cross it in his son's 2014 Toyota Tundra, but he said "he was wrong."

The father got on top of the truck and waited for rescue crews to arrive and the son got out on his own, but firefighters say you should always wait for help to arrive to assist you.

"They estimated that this was moving about three miles an hour and that's plenty enough to take a person down stream and if they got caught in the downstream side of the Tijuana River, it's going to be very difficult to rescue them," San Diego Fire said.

Crews were able to quickly reach the truck that was submerged in about five feet of water near Saturn Boulevard where they helped the man off the roof of the red truck, where he was transported back to land and placed in an ambulance. 

Firefighters say due to the high water levels in the area, retrieval of the truck will have to be done at a later time.

No injuries were reported.

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