Portion of rain-soaked hillside slides onto Highway 39 in Azusa, trapping vehicle in mud
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AZUSA, Calif. (KABC) A storm that swept across Southern California Friday caused some problems for people living near burn scars in foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley.
In Azusa, a motorist managed to escape injury when a portion of a rain-soaked hillside slid down to Highway 39, pushing the car across the roadway.
Police closed the roadway to all traffic at Old San Gabriel Canyon Road so crews could remove the muck from the roadway. An estimated reopening time was not clear.
The incident happened around 6 a.m. in an area that burned in the Ranch Fire last August, which left the hillsides barren of any vegetation to hold it intact.