Oil response teams are assessing impacts to the Talbert Marsh following a car that crashed Monday morning into the wetlands at the border of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.
The call came in at 8:15 a.m. reporting the vehicle had gone into the wetlands near Brookhurst Street, said Huntington Beach city spokesperson Jennifer Carey.
Police entered the water to extract the lone person in the vehicle, with lifeguards arriving to assist. The person was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Carey said.
The city’s oil spill prevention unit deployed booms into the wetlands to avoid any transfer of oil into protected areas and a crane was used to get the vehicle out of the marsh.
“They were able to get the booms out quickly, they are still assessing the oil impacts and clean up,” Carey said.
A vehicle crashed into the Talbert Marsh on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The driver was extracted and taken to a nearby hospital for non-threatening injuries, but officials are assessing any oil impacts to the habitat. (Photo courtesy of city of Huntington Beach)
Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center Executive Director Debbie McGuire said a team is on standby to help with any birds or other species that may need help.
“We don’t want any wildlife impacted by slicks, oil and gasoline, it’s not good,” she said. “We can handle it, whatever happens.”
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There was no activation of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network response team as of 11 a.m. Monday, she said. “As far as I know, there’s been no wildlife impacted at this time.”
The hope is that protected birds such as the Snowy Plover or Least Terns would have left the area with all the commotion and seek refuge elsewhere at nearby sanctuaries.
There was no immediate indication why the vehicle went into the marsh.
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